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Moldy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Covered with or containing mold: moldy bread.

adj. Musty or stale, as from age or decay.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Covered with mold.

adj. Stale or musty.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Overgrown with, or containing, mold; smelling of mold.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Overgrown or filled with mold; mildewed; musty; fusty; decaying; stale.

n. A mole-catcher.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. covered with or smelling of mold

Word Usage

"Mortified by the prospect of salvaging a king's ransom in moldy books and horrified by word that repulsive local nobleman Lord Laphroig seeks to marry her Mistaya decides that the only way to run her own life is to run away from home."

Equivalent

stale mouldy

Variant

moldier moldiest

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

molded mucid mucidous mucedinous mothery

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Goldie Goldy goldie goldy mouldy

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

mouldy musty fetid rancid stale