Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A mixture of usually untoasted rolled oats and dried fruit, often used as a breakfast cereal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A mixture of untoasted dry cereals, nuts, and fruits, eaten mostly as a breakfast cereal; -- of Swiss origin.

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  • noun A breakfast dish based on uncooked rolled oats and fruit.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[German dialectal, diminutive of German Mus, mash, from Middle High German muos, a meal, mushlike food, from Old High German.]

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Germanic: from Alemannic German Müesli, diminutive of Mues ("mashed dish"); compare moose ("stew").

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Examples

  • The joke, alas, was wasted on her, but it did set me to thinking what a curious term muesli is.

    I'm A Stranger Here Myself Bryson, Bill 1999

  • Dietitian's tip: The original breakfast cereal called muesli - a German word meaning "mixture" - combined rolled oats with nuts and fruit.

    All MayoClinic.com Topics 2009

  • You then customise the base to make precisely the kind of muesli you want.

    Archive 2009-01-01 The List Writer 2009

  • You then customise the base to make precisely the kind of muesli you want.

    A Saturday in my life The List Writer 2009

  • It's not enough to assume that if you eat the right kind of muesli and go to first nights of Harold Pinter revivals and read the Independent occasionally that the drug barons of Afghanistan are going to go away.

    Welsh Labour MPs Square Up 2006

  • It's not enough to assume that if you eat the right kind of muesli and go to first nights of Harold Pinter revivals and read the Independent occasionally that the drug barons of Afghanistan are going to go away.

    The Politically Incorrect Kim Howells 2006

  • Hemp seed whole, hulled or crushed for oil are used in food products such as muesli bars, cakes, breads, biscuits, butter paste, non-dairy milk, tofu, cheese and ice cream.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Hemp seed whole, hulled or crushed for oil are used in food products such as muesli bars, cakes, breads, biscuits, butter paste, non-dairy milk, tofu, cheese and ice cream.

    WN.com - Articles related to Strike by petrol pump owners in Delhi 2010

  • Hemp seed whole, hulled or crushed for oil are used in food products such as muesli bars, cakes, breads, biscuits, butter paste, non-dairy milk, tofu, cheese and ice cream.

    WN.com - Articles related to Strike by petrol pump owners in Delhi 2010

  • Hemp seed whole, hulled or crushed for oil are used in food products such as muesli bars, cakes, breads, biscuits, butter paste, non-dairy milk, tofu, cheese and ice cream.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

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  • Does anyone else think this word is kind of muculent? For a long while I didn't eat muesli, I think because of the slimy way it sounded.

    March 26, 2014