Hȳ'dro-mĕl, n.

n. [Fr. hydromel, Lat. hydromeli, Gr. ὑδρόμελι, from ὕδωρ, water, and μέλι, honey.] A liquor consisting of honey diluted in water.

Before fermentation, it is called simple hydromel; after fermentation, it is called vinous hydromel, or mead.