melee, scrimmage, battle royal
(noun) a noisy riotous fight
Source: WordNet® 3.1
melee (countable and uncountable, plural melees)
A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
A noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument or scrap.
Any any confused, disorganised, disordered or chaotic situation.
Lively contention or debate, skirmish.
(military, historical) A cavalry exercise in which two groups of riders try to cut paper plumes off the helmets of their opponents, the contest continuing until no member of one group retains his plume.
Small cut and polished gemstones sold in lots.
melee (third-person singular simple present melees, present participle meleeing, simple past and past participle meleed)
(video games, slang) To physically hit in close quarters, as opposed to shooting, blowing up, or other ranged means of damage. Often refers to the usage of a hand-to-hand weapon.
Source: Wiktionary
Mê`lée", n. Etym: [F., fr. mêler to mix. See Meddle, Mell, and cf. Mellay.]
Definition: A fight in which the combatants are mingled
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 June 2025
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
