Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leafmeal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: leafmeal
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

One leaf at a time; leaf by leaf.

Obsolete

noun

A feed or meal, particularly for animals, consisting chiefly of decayed vegetable matter, especially leaves.

Uncountable

noun

Fallen or decaying leaves; leaf litter

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Áh! ás the heart grows older / It will come to such sights colder / By and by, nor spare a sigh / Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie; […]"
"The Wilburtsons' pool, by contrast, is a swirl of sunk and sinking leafmeal, their yellow cat basking on the diving board."

Etymology

From leaf + -meal.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: leaf

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Questions

What does leafmeal mean?: One leaf at a time; leaf by leaf.
Where does leafmeal come from?: From leaf + -meal.

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