noun

mole

mohl

noun

A small, raised, often dark spot on the skin.

"The doctor checked an unusual mole on his back."

A small burrowing mammal with tiny eyes and large digging paws.

"Moles had left small mounds of dirt across the lawn."

A spy who has secretly infiltrated an organization to pass on its secrets.

"Investigators suspected there was a mole inside the agency."

(chemistry) The standard unit for measuring an amount of a substance.

"One mole of carbon-12 weighs exactly 12 grams."

How to Use Mole

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishMost commonly a skin blemish or the small burrowing animal; also used for a secret infiltrator, and, in chemistry, a unit of quantity.

Common pairings

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Word Forms

moled past tense, moles plural, moles plural, moles plural, moles plural, moles plural, moles plural, moles plural, moles singular

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Etymology

The skin-spot and animal senses trace back to Old English mal, meaning "spot" or "blemish." The chemistry unit comes from a shortening of "molecule."

Synonyms

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