mote
noun/məʊt/
/məʊt/
(old-fashioned)- a very small piece of dust synonym speckOxford Collocations DictionaryMote is used after these nouns:
- dust
Word OriginOld English mot, related to Dutch mot ‘dust, sawdust’.Want to learn more?
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