mole

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mole

A small mole digs a tunnel in the soft garden soil.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A small burrowing mammal: A mole is a small, velvety-furred mammal with tiny eyes and powerful forefeet adapted for digging and living underground.
    • A protective coastal structure: A mole is a massive, usually stone or concrete, structure built from a shore into a body of water to act as a breakwater, pier, or causeway.
    • A small skin mark: A mole is a small, often dark, congenital spot on the skin caused by a cluster of pigmented cells.
    • A savory sauce: A mole is a rich, dark, and complex Mexican sauce, often containing chili peppers, spices, and sometimes chocolate.
    • A spy: A mole is an agent who infiltrates an organization, especially an intelligence agency, to act as a spy for a rival organization over a long period.
    • A scientific unit: A mole is the SI base unit for the amount of substance, defined as containing exactly 6.02214076×10²³ (Avogadro's number) of elementary entities (e.g., atoms or molecules).
Usage Examples
  • Noun (Mammal):
    • The mole dug a complex network of tunnels in the garden.
    • Moles are rarely seen above ground.
  • Noun (Structure):
    • The old stone mole sheltered the fishing boats from the storm.
    • They walked to the end of the mole to watch the sunset.
  • Noun (Skin mark):
    • She has a small mole on her cheek.
    • The doctor examined the changing mole.
  • Noun (Sauce):
    • The chicken was served in a delicious mole poblano.
    • Traditional mole can contain over twenty ingredients.
  • Noun (Spy):
    • The intelligence agency discovered a mole in its ranks.
    • He had been a mole for the enemy for over a decade.
  • Noun (Unit):
    • One mole of carbon atoms has a mass of 12 grams.
    • The chemical reaction required two moles of hydrogen.
Advanced Usage
  • "To have a mole in (an organization)": To have a spy secretly placed within a group.
    • The police suspected they had a mole in the department.
  • "As blind as a mole": (Idiom) Having very poor eyesight or being unobservant.
    • Without his glasses, he's as blind as a mole.
Variants and Related Words
  • Mol (n): An informal abbreviation for the unit "mole" in chemistry.
  • Molehill (n): A small mound of earth thrown up by a burrowing mole.
  • Moleskin (n): 1. The soft, grey fur of a mole. 2. A heavy, durable cotton fabric.
Synonyms
  • Mammal: burrower, fossorial mammal.
  • Structure: breakwater, jetty, pier, seawall.
  • Skin mark: nevus (medical term), beauty spot.
  • Sauce: Mexican sauce.
  • Spy: infiltrator, double agent, plant, sleeper agent.
  • Unit: gram-molecule, mol (abbrev.).
Related Phrases
  • Make a mountain out of a molehill: (Idiom) To exaggerate a minor problem, making it seem much more serious than it is.
    • You're just making a mountain out of a molehill; it's a small mistake.
  • Mole rat: (Compound noun) A different type of burrowing rodent, not a true mole.
mole

A small mole digs a tunnel in the soft garden soil.

Noun
  1. small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet
  2. a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
  3. a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin
  4. spicy sauce often containing chocolate
  5. a spy who works against enemy espionage
  6. the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

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