moss
see also: Moss, MOSS
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /mɒs/
  • (America) enPR: môs, IPA: /mɔs/
  • (cot-caught, Canada) enPR: mäs, IPA: /mɑs/
Noun

moss

  1. Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).
    Hypernyms: bryophyte
  2. (countable) A kind or species of such plants.
  3. (informal) Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
    hypo en
    Spanish moss
    Irish moss
    club moss
  4. (now chiefly UK regional) A bog; a fen.
    the mosses of the Scottish border
Translations Translations Verb

moss (mosses, present participle mossing; past and past participle mossed)

  1. (intransitive) To become covered with moss.
    An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.
  2. (transitive) To cover (something) with moss.
Translations Translations
Moss
Proper noun
  1. Surname

MOSS
Noun
  1. (computing) Acronym of w:MIME Object Security Services
Proper noun
  1. (software) Acronym of w:Map Overlay and Statistical System
  2. (software) Acronym of w:Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
  3. (trading) Acronym of w:Market Oriented Sector Selective talks



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