Meld

WORD OF THE DAY

meld / verb / MELD

Definition
1: to declare or announce (a card or combination of cards) for a score in a card game especially by placing face up on the table
2a: to declare a card or combination of cards as a meld
2b: a card or combination of cards that is or can be melded in a card game
3: merge, blend, mixture

Example
"The community art event, which came at the tail-end of National Poetry Month, melded games and art together to present poetry as an inclusive and demographically accessible expressive art, according to the event’s organizer, Rachel Cyrene Blackman."
— Emily Thurlow, The Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Massachusetts), 1 May 2022

Did You Know?
As a verb meaning "to blend or merge," meld dates only to the first half of the 20th century. In its early days, the word attracted some unfavorable attention.
Those who didn't like it tended to perceive it as a misuse of an older meld meaning "to declare or announce (a card or cards) for a score in a card game" (such as pinochle or gin rummy).
But the more recent meld, a blend of melt and weld, was an entirely new coinage suggesting a smooth and thorough blending of two or more things into a single, homogeneous whole. The word is no longer controversial.