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Definition of mote noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mote

noun
 
/məʊt/
 
/məʊt/
(old-fashioned)
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  1. a very small piece of dust synonym speck
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMote is used after these nouns:
    • dust
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    Word OriginOld English mot, related to Dutch mot ‘dust, sawdust’.
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