meadery

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US/ˈmidəɹi/UK/ˈmiːdəɹi/

noun

A place where mead is made.

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Meanings

nounmeadery (plural meaderies)

plural meaderies

  1. A place where mead is made.

    People used to come to the Upper Midwest's only dedicated meadery and say, "Huh?" Or perhaps something like, "Oh, yeah, mead, isn't that what Beowulf drank?"

    2008, Patricia Monaghan, Wineries of Wisconsin and Minnesota, Minnesota Historical Society Press, →ISBN, page 177

Origin

From mead + -ery. Cognate with Dutch mederij (“meadery”).

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Translations

Dutch mederij
  • mederijplace where mead is made
Finnish simapanimo
  • simapanimoplace where mead is made
Polish miodosytnia
  • miodosytniaplace where mead is made
Cite this entry
APA

meadery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meadery

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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