Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A Middle English form of mull.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Mus.) Lower by a semitone; flat.
WordNet 3.0
- n. small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits
Etymologies
- See moll. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Beurré' pour 'ivre' est un mot d'argot qui est une simple déformation de 'bourré' liée à l'image du beurre, la personne soûle étant molle ou parlant 'gras'.”
“These azaleas are hybrids of R. molle, R. calendulaceum, R. occidentale, and R. arborescens.”
“As the sign put it at the booth for Dogfish Head -- Delaware's ever-experimental and envelope-pushing brewery -- Chicha is "a traditional Peruvian corn beer brewed with molle tree seeds, strawberries, and organic purple corn that we chewed to allow the ptyalin enzyme in our saliva [to] convert starch into sugar pre-boil.”
“The following distinct tree and shrub communities have been described; Protea caffra; Acacia hereroensis; Olea europaea ssp africana - Pavetta zeyheri; Combretum molle; Buddleja saligna – Rhoicissus tridentata; Salix capensis; Diospyros lycioidis – Rhus pyroides and Acacia karoo – Protasparagus suaveolens.”
“They include riverine woodland (Ficus sycomorus, Acacia xanthophloea); mixed Acacia closed woodland (A. tortilis, A. nilotica); broad-leaved woodland (Combretum molle, Zizphus mucronata) and Terminalia sericea - Strychnos woodland and scrub.”
“Whereas I liked the video at first I've now come to hate it because of it. uns3en machine molle ftw :D”
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“The rugged, rocky slopes of these mountains are dominated by white seringa (Kirkia acuminata), stemfruit (Englerophytum magalismontarum), Combretum apiculatum, C. molle, and common sugerbush (Protea caffra).”
“Udum et molle lutum, a moist and soft clay, is easily seasoned and perverted.”
“Sand Forest actually tends to occur as a matrix, with patches of forest surrounded by open savanna with woody species such as Terminalia sericea, Strychnos madagascariensis, S. spinosa, Acacia burkei, and Combretum molle.”
“Et le futur président poursuivait : Dans les banlieues déshéritées règne une terreur molle.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘molle’.
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•Open List: Oh, You Beautiful Moll
Being a delightful list of words beginning with moll (hyphenated or otherwise).
Mollusque, we humbly dedicate this list to you.moll-blob, moll-buzzer, mollet-bridle, moll blood, mollsack, moll-shop, moll-tooler, mollusk, molland, mollescent, molleton, molliate and 39 more...
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words I hate
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