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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
- 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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