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Grammar : Adj
Spell : mohl-dee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmoʊl di



Definition of moldy

Origin :
  • also mouldy, 1570s, earlier mowly (late 14c.), from mold (n.2) + -y (2). Related: Moldiness.
  • adj musty
Example sentences :
  • We put in nearly a week rummaging through that moldy old barracks.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • The air was heavy and moldy; the sides of the cave wet and slippery.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy » by Florence Partello Stuart
  • The odor and taste should be fresh and clean and not musty or moldy.
  • Extract from : « The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) » by Various
  • It makes me sad just to think of that fine, old, stale, moldy cheese.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat » by Arthur Scott Bailey
  • Is Dad going to spend the whole day in this moldy old museum?
  • Extract from : « The Princess of the School » by Angela Brazil
  • The bread was moldy and the beef too tough even for well men to eat.
  • Extract from : « A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines » by Clayton Edwards
  • Both became rancid and moldy, and were at the mercy of the rats and mice.
  • Extract from : « Tenting on the Plains » by Elizabeth B. Custer
  • It was full, but not quite full, of moldy and forgotten books.
  • Extract from : « The Children's Pilgrimage » by L. T. Meade
  • It has been noticed, however, that moldy bacon is seldom infested with the skipper.
  • Extract from : « Home Pork Making » by A. W. Fulton
  • Later there appears on the surface of the moist cheese, a moldy growth.
  • Extract from : « Outlines of dairy bacteriology » by H. L. Russell

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