Definition of MOLE

mole

Meanings

Plural: moles

Noun

  • the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
  • a spy who works against enemy espionage
  • spicy sauce often containing chocolate
  • a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin
  • a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
  • small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet
  • A naevus, a pigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on the skin.
  • Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae.
  • Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole-rats.
  • An internal spy, a person who involves themself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.
  • A kind of self-propelled excavator used to form underground drains, or to clear underground pipelines.
  • A type of underground drain used in farm fields, in which a mole plow creates an unlined channel through clay subsoil.
  • A moll, a bitch, a slut.
  • A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.
  • A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.
  • An Ancient Roman mausoleum.
  • 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.
  • A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English mole, mool, from Old English māl (“a mole, spot, mark, blemish”), from Proto-West Germanic *mail, from Proto-Germanic *mailą (“spot, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *mel-, *melw- (“dark, dirty”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey-, *my- (“to soil, sully”).
Cognate with Scots mail (“spot, stain”), Saterland Frisian Moal (“scar”), German dialectal Meil (“spot, stain, blemish”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻 (mail, “spot, blemish”).

Scrabble Score: 6

mole is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
mole is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mole is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

mole is a valid Words With Friends word