mold
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4.2
- noun
- /moʊld/
- US
:
moho
- She noticed black mold forming in the corners of the bathroom where it was frequently wet.
- mold growth
- airborne mold
- mold spores
They had a really bad black mold infestation in their home.
- They had a really bad black mold infestation in their home.
- They all are organic based and mold loves organic things.
- The third reason why you have mold or algae is you're watering too much.
- And so we called out a mold tester.
- So that that creates less opportunity for mold growth.
- Is it toxic from drug abuse or from mold in your home?
- But I thought we would start talking about mold and EMF.
- And so restoration could be fire, water, mold, trauma.
Examples
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You guys have any idea how much lead, asbestos, carcinogens and toxic mold is in this tower?
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We noticed some mold in the lower hull.
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Yeah, you can start to see like all the mold that happened here.
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Oh, is that mold that does not smell good.
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So we still have black mold and I guess we're just gonna die now.
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Look at the mold on the side.
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Look at all that mold.
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They had a really bad black mold infestation in their home.
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Harvesting takes place in late summer and can cause mold spores to become airborne.
Academic text (2011) -
The substance is a food source for this black sooty mold fungus on these gardenia leaves.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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3.1
A living thing like a mushroom or mold that feeds on dead plants and food
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2.9
A thin white fungus that grows on damp plants, cloth, or walls
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A disease that makes a bluish-grey growth on the lower side of tobacco leaves and damages the plants
- Specialized
A slime mold that keeps its cells separate during its life cycle and does not form a single mass
- Specialized
A small ledge above a window or doorway that directs rain away from the wall
- Specialized
One large soft mass of living material that moves and is not divided into separate cells
- Specialized
A soft organism that becomes one large cell with many nuclei and moves slowly
- Specialized
An algorithm inspired by the slime mold that finds efficient routes in networks
- Specialized
A soft mass of many cells that moves like an amoeba and feeds on decaying plants
- Specialized
A small living thing like a fungus that lives in fresh water and can harm plants or animals
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mold for the fuzzy fungus is remembered by thinking of old words for 'soft, decaying matter' that grew on food, so people used the same word for the green or black fuzz you see on bread.