môle — meaning in English
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English meaning
- breakwater noun A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
- mole noun A small, raised, often dark spot on the skin.
Senses
môle is used for these senses in English:
- breakwater A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
- mole (nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.
- mole (chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×1023 elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. [from 1897]
- mole A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.
- mole Any of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America countries, especially one that contains chocolate and is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts.
- ocean sunfish A large, heavy species of bony fish, Mola mola, native to tropical and temperate waters around the world.
- sunfish Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.
breakwater — full definition
- noun A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
- noun A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
- noun A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
mole — full definition
- noun A small, raised, often dark spot on the skin.
- noun A small burrowing mammal with tiny eyes and large digging paws.
- noun A spy who has secretly infiltrated an organization to pass on its secrets.
- noun (chemistry) The standard unit for measuring an amount of a substance.