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Mole   /moʊl/   Listen
Mole

noun
1.
The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.  Synonyms: gram molecule, mol.
2.
A spy who works against enemy espionage.  Synonym: counterspy.
3.
Spicy sauce often containing chocolate.
4.
A small congenital pigmented spot on the skin.
5.
A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away.  Synonyms: breakwater, bulwark, groin, groyne, jetty, seawall.
6.
Small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet.



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"Mole" Quotes from Famous Books



... in this the race of the Spanish horse is somewhat peculiar. There were bays, and blacks, and whites—the last being most numerous. There were greys, both iron and roan, and duns with white manes and tails, and some of a mole colour, and not a few of the kind known in Mexico as pintados (piebalds)—for spotted horses are not uncommon among the mustangs—all of course with full manes and tails, since the mutilating shears of the jockey had ...
— The War Trail - The Hunt of the Wild Horse • Mayne Reid

... A mole, in pursuing certain geological researches, came upon the buried carcase of a mule, and ...
— Cobwebs From an Empty Skull • Ambrose Bierce (AKA: Dod Grile)

... A gram-atom is the mass, in grams, of one mole of atoms in a monatomic element. A mole consists of Avogadro's number of ...
— The Standard Electrical Dictionary - A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice - of Electrical Engineering • T. O'Conor Slone

... the bat, and the toad, And so is the cat-a-mountain, The ant and the mole sit both in a hole, And the frog peeps out o' the fountain; The dogs they do bay, and the timbrels play, The spindle is now a turning; The moon it is red, and the stars are fled, But all the sky is a burning: The ditch is ...
— Discovery of Witches - The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster • Thomas Potts

... the soiree kettle Out of her Ma's way, wise, wee maid! Wan was her lip as the lily's petal, Sad was the smile that over it played. Why doth she warble not? Is she afraid Of the hound that howls, or the moaning mole? Can it be on an errand she hath delayed? Hush thee, hush thee, dear ...
— A Nonsense Anthology • Collected by Carolyn Wells


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