hy·dro·mel

(hī′drə-mĕl′)

A mixture of water and honey that becomes mead when fermented.

[Middle English ydromel, from Old French, from Latin hydromeli, from Greek hudromeli : hudro-, hydro- + meli, honey; see melit- in Indo-European roots.]

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hydromel

(ˈhaɪdrəʊˌmɛl)

(Brewing) archaic another word for mead¹

[C15: from Latin, from Greek hudromeli, from hydro- + meli honey]

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Noun

hydromel - honey diluted in water; becomes mead when fermented

beverage, drinkable, potable, drink - any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

mead - made of fermented honey and water

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"Irrigation systems need modernising; hydromel systems should be expanded; and urban water infrastructure, especially for wastewater, requires major investment."

Poor water management costing Pakistan billions: Report

for a barrel of honey, 12 ducat; a wax maja, 12 ducat; a barrel of mead, 12 ducat." A new item appeared among the taxable bee products exported from Muntenia: the mead, or hydromel, which was served as drink to Priscus, a Byzantium envoy sent to Attila, who stopped in Banat in his way to the Pannonian Field [1,5,16,18].

From the history of the Romanian apiculture

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