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Word entry · 4 letters

moth

Best crossword clue

"Night-flying insect"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /mɒθ/Part of speech nounSorted hmotStarts with MEnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae

Word origin

From Hindi मोठ (moṭh); see moth bean.

Used in a sentence

  • So that, dear lords, if I be left behind, / A moth of peace, and he go to the war, / The rites for which I love him are bereft me, / And I a heavy interim shall support / By his dear absence. Let me go with him.
  • To remove moth patches, wash the spots with a solution of common bicarbonate of soda and water several times a day, until the patches are removed, which will usually be in forty-eight hours.
  • Craves for sour things, chalks and eggs, fatty people with light brown spots on the face or liver spots, moth patches on forehead and cheek.

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