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Mote Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mote? [n] (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mote: atom \| molecule \| particle \| speck Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mote: ace \| acropolis \| air \| atom \| bastion \| beachhead \| bit \| black sheep \| blemish \| blockhouse \| bridgehead \| bubble \| bunker \| castle \| chaff \| chip \| citadel \| cobweb \| cork \| crumb \| dab \| dole \| donjon \| dot \| down \| dram \| dribble \| driblet \| drop \| droplet \| dust \| dwarf \| ether \| fairy \| farthing \| fasthold \| fastness \| feather \| fleck \| flue \| fluff \| flyspeck \| foam \| foreign body \| foreign intruder \| fort \| fortress \| fragment \| froth \| fuzz \| garrison \| garrison house \| gnat \| gobbet \| gossamer \| grain \| granule \| groat \| hair \| handful \| hold \| impurity \| intruder \| iota \| jot \| keep \| little \| little bit \| martello \| martello tower \| microbe \| microorganism \| midge \| minim \| minimum \| minutia \| minutiae \| misfit \| mite \| modicum \| molecule \| monkey wrench \| motte \| nutshell \| oddball \| ounce \| particle \| pebble \| peel \| peel tower \| pillbox \| pinch \| pinhead \| pinpoint \| pittance \| point \| post \| rath \| safehold \| scrap \| scruple \| sliver \| smidgen \| smitch \| snip \| snippet \| speck \| splinter \| sponge \| spoonful \| spot \| spume \| stone \| straw \| strong point \| stronghold \| thimbleful \| thistledown \| tiny bit \| tittle \| tower \| tower of strength \| trifling amount \| trivia \| vanishing point \| ward \| weed \| whit See Also \| chylomicron \| grain \| material \| stuff Mote In Webster's Dictionary \Mote\, v. See 1st {Mot}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. \Mote\, n. [See {Moot}, a meeting.] [Obs., except in a few combinations or phrases.] 1. A meeting of persons for discussion; as, a wardmote in the city of London. 2. A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the management of affairs; as, a folkmote. 3. A place of meeting for discussion. {Mote bell}, the bell rung to summon to a mote. [Obs.] \Mote\, n. The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See {Mot}, n., 3, and {Mort}. --Chaucer. \Mote\, n. [OE. mot, AS. mot.] A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck. The little motes in the sun do ever stir, though there be no wind. --Bacon. We are motes in the midst of generations. --Landor.

Mote Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mote?

[n] (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mote: atom | molecule | particle | speck

See Also | chylomicron | grain | material | stuff

Mote In Webster's Dictionary

\Mote\, v.
See 1st {Mot}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


\Mote\, n. [See {Moot}, a meeting.] [Obs., except in a few
combinations or phrases.]
1. A meeting of persons for discussion; as, a wardmote in the
   city of London.

2. A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the
   management of affairs; as, a folkmote.

3. A place of meeting for discussion.

{Mote bell}, the bell rung to summon to a mote. [Obs.]


\Mote\, n.
The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See {Mot}, n.,
3, and {Mort}. --Chaucer.


\Mote\, n. [OE. mot, AS. mot.]
A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially
small; a speck.

      The little motes in the sun do ever stir, though there
      be no wind.                              --Bacon.

      We are motes in the midst of generations. --Landor.

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