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molt

/mˈoʊlt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
molt
IPA
/mˈoʊlt/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

US standard spelling of moult.

American usage

noun

US standard spelling of moult.

American usage

verb

simple past of melt

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Latin mūtōder. Old English *mutian Middle English mouten English moult English molt From moult.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

molts (present, singular) molting (participle, present) molted (participle, past) molted (past) molts (plural)

Derived Forms

intermolt moltable molter postmolt premolt unmolted

Synonyms

molting moult moulting ecdysis shed exuviate slough

Rhymes With

bolt revolt holt colt volt jolt nolte boldt olt bolte holte rolt

Questions

How do you pronounce molt?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈoʊlt/.
What does molt mean?
US standard spelling of moult.
Where does molt come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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