Sealed vs Mealed - What's the difference?

sealed | mealed |

As verbs the difference between sealed and mealed

is that sealed is past tense of seal while mealed is past tense of meal.

As an adjective sealed

is closed by a seal.

sealed

English

Verb

(head)

(seal)

Adjective

(-)

Closed by a seal.

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Preventing entrance.

(computing, object-oriented programming) Not subclassable; from which one cannot inherit.

Synonyms

* (preventing entrance) impermeable

Derived terms

* heat-sealed * hermetically sealed * keep one's lips sealed * my lips are sealed * sealed battery * sealed-beam headlight * sealed bearing * sealed bid * sealed book * sealed cabin * sealed crustless sandwich * sealed earth * sealed indictment * sealed instrument * sealed jar technique * Sealed Knot * sealed off, sealed-off * sealed orders * sealed pattern * sealed porter * sealed record * sealed refrigeration compressor * sealed room * sealed round * sealed second-price auction * sealed server * sealed source * sealed system * sealed unit * sealed verdict * * tar-sealed * unsealed

Anagrams

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mealed

English

Verb

(head)

(meal)

meal

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(senseid)Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time (e.g. breakfast = morning meal, lunch = noon meal, etc).

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)

, title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}

Food served or eaten as a repast.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=Anna Lena Phillips, volume=100, issue=2, page=172

, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Sneaky Silk Moths , passage=Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.}}

Hyponyms

* See also

Derived terms

* make a meal of * meal mob * meal station * meal ticket

Etymology 2

From (etyl) mele, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(-)

The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour.

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Derived terms

* mealy * cornmeal * oatmeal

Etymology 3

Variation of mole (compare (etyl) mail), from (etyl) mole, mool, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)

A speck or spot.

A part; a fragment; a portion.

Verb

(en verb)

To defile or taint.

Were he meal'd with that / Which he corrects, than were he tyrannous. ? Shakespeare.

Anagrams

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