What does meule in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word meule in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use meule in French.

The word meule in French means millstone, grindstone, round, stack, rick, moped, mound, pile, mill, grind, be freezing, center of a cheese wheel, haystack, hayrick, a whole cheese, bale of straw, straw bale. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word meule

millstone

nom féminin (cylindre en pierre) (to grind)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La meule du moulin tournait pour écraser les noix.
The millstone turned to grind the nuts.

grindstone

nom féminin (roue circulaire abrasive) (to sharpen)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le rémouleur parcourait les rues avec sa meule pour aiguiser les couteaux.
The knife-grinder went round the streets with his grindstone for sharpening knives.

round

nom féminin (pièce ronde) (circular piece of [sth])

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les meules de comté pèsent parfois plus de 40 kg.
Wheels of Comté cheese can weigh over 40 kg.

stack, rick

nom féminin (gerbes de céréales) (hay, straw: loose pile)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Certaines presses font meules rondes et d'autres des meules carrées.
Some hay presses make round bales and others square bales.

moped

nom féminin (argot (mobylette) (vehicle)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Quelqu'un m'a chouré ma meule !
Someone's pinched my moped!

mound, pile

nom féminin (amas demi-cylindrique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le charbonnier a préparé une meule de bois pour faire son charbon.
The charcoal burner has prepared a pile of wood to make his charcoal.

mill, grind

verbe transitif (travailler à la meule)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Charles meule les couteaux pour les rendre tranchant.

be freezing

verbe impersonnel (familier, Est de la France (faire très froid) (weather)

Ça meule ce matin !
It's freezing this morning!

center of a cheese wheel

nom masculin (centre d'un fromage) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

haystack, hayrick

nom masculin (balle de foin)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Autrefois, on voyait dans les champs des meules de foin.

a whole cheese

nom féminin (roue de fromage)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Certaines meules de fromage font plus de 50 cm de diamètre.

bale of straw, straw bale

nom féminin (balle de paille)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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