Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dry rot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: dry rot
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The crumbly, decayed portions of wooden members of buildings, especially at or below grade, usually caused by a fungal infection.

Uncountable

noun

Any progression of decay, corruption, or obsolescence.

Uncountable

noun

A fungal infection which affects plants, in particular potatoes.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"They are, for the most part, low-roofed, mouldy rooms, where innumerable rolls of parchment, which have been perspiring in secret for the last century, send forth an agreeable odour, which is mingled by day with the scent of the dry-rot, and by night with the various exhalations which arise from damp cloaks, festering umbrellas, and the coarsest tallow candles."
"Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like dry rot to the house of Judah."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

dryrot (alternative) dry-rot (alternative)

Questions

What does dry rot mean?: The crumbly, decayed portions of wooden members of buildings, especially at or below grade, usually caused by a fungal infection.

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