mole

[US]/məʊl/
[UK]/mol/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.a small burrowing mammal with poor vision that lives in tunnels
a spy or traitor with a pigmented spot on the skin
a unit of amount of a substance, also known as the molar mass

Phrases & Collocations

skin mole

mole on face

mole removal

mole ratio

mole fraction

hydatidiform mole

mole rat

Example Sentences

a mole built into the sea

A mole is a blemish on a person's skin.

A mole can undermine the strongest rampart.

a mole working for the government

She had a tiny mole on her cheek.

A mole mines its way.

moles burrowing away underground.

The mole bored its way underground.

Unsightly moles can be removed surgically.

The young girl felt very self-conscious about the large mole on her chin.

Molality - The number of moles of solute divided by the number of kilograms of solvent.

The system can easily change coflow temperature, oxygen mole fraction and turbulence parameters by changing the coflow mixture equivalence ratio.

They are rate-limiting enzymes that degrade heme into same moles of dehydrobilirubin(biliverdin),CO and Fe.

In contrast to simplistic expectations, the total amount of protofibrils and the amount of permeabilizing activity per mole protein in the protofibril fraction were reduced by the E46K mutation.

Eusocial colonies are common among insects such as bees and ants, but the only examples in the mammal world are among furry and the naked mole rats.

The Mole's cap was missing from its accustomed peg. His goloshes, which always lay by the umbrella-stand, were also gone.

Real-world Examples

You measured the diameter of his suspicious mole yesterday.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 7

We were sent to eliminate a mole.

Source: Person of Interest Season 5

Despite their names, Naked Mole Rats are neither moles nor rats.

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

So you gotta give him a mole.

Source: Billions Season 1

The DEA believes there's a mole in our agency.

Source: American TV series Person of Interest Season 4

It looks as though all the moles in England had been let loose in it.

Source: The Sign of the Four

I hear I owe you a fist bump for keeping our mole quiet.

Source: The Good Place Season 2

But what you're saying is there might be a mole as well.

Source: Mr. Bean's Holiday Original Soundtrack

It is four days until C-Con, and Pritchett's Closets has a mole.

Source: Modern Family - Season 07

Arthur West thought there was a mole in MI6.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

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