Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meatless

/ˈmiːtləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: meat-less
IPA: /ˈmiːtləs/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without meat.

Example Sentences

"A meatless day or a beerless or tealess day does not suggest moderation so much as immoderation."
"Are we to understand from paragraph 1 (c) that [the residents of Malta] are entirely meatless? or have they cattle they can kill, and if so how many?"
"“Eating more plants and going meatless is a good way to preserve your health,” said Dr. Robert Graham, who is board certified in both internal and integrative medicine. […] Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.”"

Etymology

From Middle English meteles, from Old English metelēas (“foodless”), equivalent to meat + -less.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: meteles, metelēas
Suffix: meat

Derived Forms

meatlessly meatlessness

Phrases

meatless loaf

Synonyms

unmeated dry

Antonyms

meatful

Questions

How do you pronounce meatless?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmiːtləs/.
What does meatless mean?: Without meat.
Where does meatless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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