rot
noun/rɒt/
/rɑːt/
[uncountable]- the process or state of decaying and falling apart
- The wood must not get damp as rot can quickly result.
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- the rotused to describe the fact that a situation is getting worse
- The rot set in last year when they reorganized the department.
- The team should manage to stop the rot if they play well this week.
- (British English, old-fashioned) silly things that somebody says synonym nonsense, rubbish
- Don't talk such rot!
Word OriginOld English rotian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rotten; the noun (Middle English) may have come via Scandinavian.
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