melrose

M3E1L1R1O1S1E1

noun

honey of roses, a mixture formerly used in gargles and lotions

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

melrose1

nounmelrose (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehoney of roses, a mixture formerly used in gargles and lotions

Melrose2

proper nounMelrose (countable and uncountable, plural Melroses)

plural Melroses

  1. countableuncountableA small town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5434).
  2. countableuncountableA small town in South Australia.
  3. countableuncountableA rural community of the City of Devonport and Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
  4. countableuncountableA suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand.
  5. countableuncountableA suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  6. A number of places in Canada:
    1. countableuncountableA community in Hastings County, Ontario.
    2. countableuncountableA community in Middlesex County, Ontario.
    3. countableuncountableA small community in Nova Scotia.
    4. countableuncountableA settlement in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
    5. countableuncountableA settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  7. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA neighbourhood of Oakland, California.
    2. countableuncountableA village in East Windsor, Connecticut.
    3. countableuncountableA small community in Monroe County, Iowa.
    4. countableuncountableA city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

      Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health.

      2025 January 22, Nick Stoico, “Newton city council approves generational tobacco ban, joining other Mass. towns”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2025
    5. countableuncountableA city in Stearns County, Minnesota.
    6. countableuncountableA neighbourhood of Sayreville borough, New Jersey.
    7. countableuncountableA village in Curry County, New Mexico.
    8. countableuncountableA hamlet in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York.
    9. countableuncountableA neighbourhood of the Bronx, New York City.
    10. countableuncountableA village in Paulding County, Ohio.
    11. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon.
    12. countableuncountableA village and town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
  8. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Origin

  1. Scottish Gaelicmaol“bare, barren”
  2. EnglishMelrose

From Scottish Gaelic maol (“bare, barren”) + ros (“promontory, headland”).

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APA

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MLA

“melrose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melrose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “melrose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melrose.

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