meatless

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmiːtləs/

Adjective

meatless (not comparable)

Without meat.
- 1916, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
  A meatless day or a beerless or tealess day does not suggest moderation so much as immoderation.

Antonyms

meatful

Translations

without meat

Estonian: lihata
Finnish: lihaton (fi)

German: fleischlos (de)
Polish: jarski (pl) m, bezmięsny (pl) m

Anagrams

Malteses, mateless, tameless, teamless

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