mop
noun/mɒp/
/mɑːp/
- a tool for washing floors that has a long handle with soft material or a bunch of thick strings at the end
- a mop and bucket
- I used a mop to clean the floor.
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- a kitchen utensil (= a tool) for washing dishes, that has a short handle with soft material at one end
- a mass of thick, often untidy, hair
- a mop of curly red hair
Word Originlate 15th cent.: perhaps ultimately related to Latin mappa ‘napkin’.
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