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motte — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • clod noun A lump of earth, clay, or turf.
  • cookie noun (chiefly US) A small, flat, sweet baked treat.
  • dollop noun A small, shapeless lump or spoonful of something soft, especially food.
  • lump noun A solid piece or mass of something without a definite shape.
  • pat verb To tap gently with the flat of the hand.
  • turf noun Grass-covered ground, or a section of it cut as sod.

Senses

motte is used for these senses in English:

  • cookie (slang, dated) An attractive young woman.
  • dollop A considerable lump, scoop, or quantity of something, especially soft food. [from 1810s]
  • lump Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
  • mons veneris The female mons pubis.
  • pat A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
  • turf (countable) A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.

clod — full definition

  1. noun A lump of earth, clay, or turf.
  2. noun An awkward or foolish person.

cookie — full definition

  1. noun (chiefly US) A small, flat, sweet baked treat.
  2. noun (computing) A small piece of data a website stores on a visitor's device to remember information between visits.

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