moss
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English mos; akin to Anglo-Saxon meós, German moos, Old High German mos, mios, Icelandic mosi, Danish mos, Swedish mossa, Latin muscus.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /mɒs/, SAMPA: /mQs/
- (US) enPR: mäs, IPA: /mɑːs/, SAMPA: /mA:s/
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- Rhymes: -ɒs
[edit] Noun
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moss (countable and uncountable; plural mosses)
- Any of various small green plants of the division Bryophyta (formerly class Musci).
- A clump or patch of such plants covering the ground or other surface.
- Any of various other non-related plants, algae, or fungi of a similar appearance.
[edit] Usage notes
- The plural form mosses is used when more than one kind of moss is meant. The singular moss is used referring to a collection of moss plants of the same kind.
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Terms derived from the noun moss
[edit] Translations
plants of the division Bryophyta
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a clump or patch of such plants
any of various similar plants
[edit] Verb
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to moss (third-person singular simple present mosses, present participle mossing, simple past and past participle mossed)
- (intransitive) To become covered with moss.
- An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with moss.
[edit] Translations
to become covered with moss
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cover (something) with moss

