mole

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[edit] English

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  • Rhymes: -əʊl
  • (General American) IPA: /mol/ or /moʊl/

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Old English māl

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Singular
mole

Plural
moles

mole (plural moles)

  1. A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
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Middle English molle, akin to Middle Low German mol, mul

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Singular
mole

Plural
moles

mole (plural moles)

  1. Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae.
  2. Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.
  3. An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an organization to determine its secrets from within.
  4. Bitch, spiteful female.
    — Australian variant of the word "moll", altered in spelling due to contamination with the above meaning ("spy", "sneaky person"), and due to /mɒl/ and /məʊl/ merging as [moʊl] in the Australian accent. The original spelling ("moll") can also be used in this sense.
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French môle

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Singular
mole

Plural
moles

mole (plural moles)

  1. (nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water[1].
    A structure with a breakwater on one side, and a cargo handling facility on the other[2].
  2. (rare) A haven or harbour, protected with a breakwater.
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German Mol

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Singular
mole

Plural
moles

mole (plural moles)

  1. (chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12. Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number
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Latin mola

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Singular
mole

Plural
moles

mole (plural moles)

  1. A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.

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Spanish, From Nahuatl molli

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Singular
mole

Plural
moles

mole (plural moles)

  1. A sauce containing chocolate and used in cooking of Mexico and neighboring Central America[3].
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  • Notes:
  1. ^ mole. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mole (accessed: March 30, 2007).
  2. ^ US FM 55-15 TRANSPORTATION REFERENCE DATA; 9 June 1886
  3. ^ mole. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mole (accessed: March 30, 2007).

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  • IPA: /moːlə/, [ˈmoːlə]

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mole c. (singular definite molen, plural indefinite moler)

  1. mole, breakwater
  2. pier, jetty

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mole f. (plural moles)

  1. (chemistry, physics) Mole.

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mole f. (plural moli)

  1. (chemistry, physics) mole

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Latin mollis

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mole

  1. soft

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Latin moles

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mole

  1. mass

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From Latin mollis; cognate with muelle

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mole m. and f. (plural moles)

  1. soft, mild
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From Latin moles

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mole f. (plural moles)

Singular
mole f.

Plural
moles f.

  1. large size or quantity
  2. massiness

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From Nahuatl mulli

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mole m. (plural moles)

Singular
mole m.

Plural
moles m.

  1. (Mexico) a type of stew