moisture

  • 1Moisture — Mois ture, n. [Cf. OF. moistour, F. moiteur.] 1. A moderate degree of wetness. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity. [1913 Webster] All my body s moisture Scarce serves to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2moisture — (n.) mid 14c., from O.Fr. moistour moisture, dampness, wetness (13c., Mod.Fr. moiteur), from moiste (see MOIST (Cf. moist)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 3moisture — [n] dampness; liquid damp, dankness, dew, drizzle, fog, humidity, mist, perspiration, precipitation, rain, sweat, water, wateriness, wet, wetness; concepts 467,524 Ant. dryness …

    New thesaurus

  • 4moisture — ► NOUN ▪ water or other liquid diffused in a small quantity as vapour, within a solid, or condensed on a surface …

    English terms dictionary

  • 5moisture — [mois′chər] n. [OFr moisteur < moiste: see MOIST] water or other liquid causing a slight wetness or dampness moistureless adj …

    English World dictionary

  • 6Moisture — Damp redirects here. For other uses, see Damp (disambiguation). Dew on a spider web Humidity is the amount of moisture the air can hold before it rains. Moisture refers to the presence of a liquid, especially water, often in trace amounts. Small… …

    Wikipedia

  • 7moisture — 01. After I take a shower, the walls of our bathroom are covered with [moisture]. 02. You have to make sure that you turn the compost once in a while in order to get air and [moisture] in there to help all the stuff to break down. 03. Sea animals …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 8moisture — n in coal, that water in and on coal assayed in accordance with standard test methods in which the final step is the measurement of mass loss from a coal sample heated to 104 to 110°C at specified conditions of residence time, atmosphere, sample… …

    Coke&Coal Terminology

  • 9moisture — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ excess ▪ soil ▪ body ▪ surface … OF MOISTURE ▪ bead …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 10Moisture — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Moisture >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 moisture moisture Sgm: N 1 moistness moistness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 humidity humidity humectation Sgm: N 1 madefaction| madefaction| dew Sgm: N 1 serein …

    English dictionary for students