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mole

/mɔʊl/ /mol/ /məʊl/ /moʊl/ /ˈmoʊleɪ/

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A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.

Examples :

"My sister has a small, brown mole on her left cheek. "

medicine body appearance

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Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae.

Examples :

"The gardener was frustrated because a mole was digging tunnels in his vegetable garden, leaving little mounds of dirt everywhere. "

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Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.

Examples :

"The farmer set traps to get rid of the mole that was digging tunnels through his vegetable garden. "

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An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.

Examples :

"The mole within the student council leaked confidential information about the upcoming election to the rival group. "

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A kind of self-propelled excavator used to form underground drains, or to clear underground pipelines

Examples :

"The construction crew used a mole to bore a tunnel for the new sewer pipe under the street. "

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A type of underground drain used in farm fields, in which a mole plow creates an unlined channel through clay subsoil.

Examples :

"The farmer used a mole plow to create a mole under his field, hoping it would drain the excess water and improve his crop yield. "

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A moll, a bitch, a slut.

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A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.

Examples :

"The new mole extends from the beach to the island, allowing easy travel between the two. "

architecture nautical building structure

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A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.

Examples :

"The small fishing boats found safe harbor within the mole, protected from the rough sea beyond. "

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An Ancient Roman mausoleum.

Examples :

"The students visited the ancient Roman mole, a magnificent mausoleum. "

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In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.) as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12. Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number.

Examples :

"The chemist used a mole of sodium chloride to prepare the solution. "

amount chemistry substance unit physics science technical element number

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A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.

Examples :

"After experiencing unusual bleeding, the doctor suspected a molar pregnancy, and further examination revealed a mole in her uterus. "

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One of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America, especially the sauce which contains chocolate and which is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts.

Examples :

"My grandmother makes a delicious chicken dish simmered in a rich, dark mole sauce with chocolate and chili peppers. "