Short form of female given names such as Melanie, Melinda, Melissa, Melina, Melody and Carmel. / Short form of the male given names Melvin and Melvyn.

(psychoacoustics) A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another.

Honey, when used as an ingredient in cosmetic products.

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets melanomas

(psychoacoustics) plural of mel

(historical) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies. / Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

(literary) Affected with great sadness or depression.

The capital city of Victoria, Australia and former capital of Australia (1901–1927). / A community in the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Molten material, the product of melting. / The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state. / The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions. / A melt sandwich.

(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat. / (intransitive, figuratively) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.