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mildew
mildew is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.
- 2transitive verb
To taint with mildew.
- 3intransitive verb
To become tainted with mildew.
- 4noun
a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter
- 5noun
the process of becoming mildewed
- 6verb
become moldy; spoil due to humidity
"The furniture molded in the old house"
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