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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024moss /mɔs, mɑs/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Plant Biologya tiny, leafy-stemmed plant that grows in a thick mass on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
moss•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024moss (môs, mos),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- Plant Biologya growth of such plants.
- Plant Biologyany of various similar plants, as Iceland moss or club moss.
- Scottish Terms[Chiefly Scot. and North Eng.]a swamp or bog.
v.t. - to cover with a growth of moss:to moss a crumbling wall.
- bef. 1000; Middle English mos(se), Old English mos moss, bog; akin to German Moos, Old Norse mȳrr mire
- Biographical Howard, born 1922, U.S. poet, editor, and playwright.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: moss /mɒs/ n - any bryophyte of the phylum Bryophyta, typically growing in dense mats on trees, rocks, moist ground, etc
- a clump or growth of any of these plants
- any of various similar but unrelated plants, such as club moss, Spanish moss, Ceylon moss, rose moss, and reindeer moss
- Scot Northern English a peat bog or marsh
Etymology: Old English mos swamp; compare Middle Dutch, Old High German mos bog, Old Norse mosi; compare also Old Norse mӯrr mireˈmossˌlike adj ˈmossy adj ˈmossiness n Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Moss /mɒs/ n - Kate. born 1974, British supermodel.
- Sir Stirling. born 1929, English racing driver
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