Home › Words › B › bergmealbergmealbergmeal means an earthy substance, resembling fine flour, composed of the shells of infusoria.EtymologyFrom German Berg (“mountain”) + Mehl (“meal”).nounAn earthy substance, resembling fine flour, composed of the shells of infusoria.e.g.“Bergmeal was sometimes mixed into food during times of scarcity in Scandanavia.”mountain mealDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.mealy 63% match — Resembling meal (the foodstuff). vs bergmeal →rockmeal 63% match — A light powdery variety of calcite occurring as an efflorescence. vs bergmeal →woodmeal 63% match — Ground-up wood. vs bergmeal →barleymeal 60% match — Any type of meal or flour prepared from barley; especially, that from ordinary two-row barley. vs bergmeal →beanmeal 60% match — The meal (flour) ground from beans. vs bergmeal →beremeal 59% match — A wholegrain flour made from bere, a variety of barley grown in northern Scotland, Orkney, and the Shetland Islands. It is commonly used in making bannocks and ale. vs bergmeal →wheatmeal 59% match — Meal (flour or flourlike product) derived from whole grains of wheat, often not finely ground. vs bergmeal →cornmealy 59% match — Resembling or characteristic of cornmeal. vs bergmeal →