moss

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • IPA ^(key): /mɒs/
  • SAMPA: /mQs/
• (US)
  • enPR: mäs
  • IPA ^(key): /mɑːs/
  • SAMPA: /mA:s/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular moss

Plural moss or mosses

1. (uncountable) Moss is a kind of plant that grows on the ground or other kind of surface and is usually green.

Verb

Plain form moss

Third-person singular mosses

Past tense mossed

Past participle mossed

Present participle mossing

1. (intransitive) If something is mossed, it becomes covered in moss.

   The oak tree was mossed because of how old it was.

Related words

• mossless
• mossy