meadery

English

WOTD – 28 September 2012

Etymology

From mead +‎ -ery. Cognate with Dutch mederij (“meadery”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmidəɹi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːdəɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

meadery (plural meaderies)

1. A place where mead is made.
   • 2008, Patricia Monaghan, Wineries of Wisconsin and Minnesota‎^[1], Minnesota Historical Society Press, →ISBN, page 177:

     People used to come to the Upper Midwest's only dedicated meadery and say, "Huh?" Or perhaps something like, "Oh, yeah, mead, isn't that what Beowulf drank?"

Quotations

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:meadery.

Translations

place where mead is made

• Dutch: mederij f
• Finnish: simapanimo
• Polish: miodosytnia (pl) f

Anagrams

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