Mote (Noun)
Meaning
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- A single mote of dust danced in the beam of sunlight streaming through the window.
- The eye surgeon carefully removed a mote of debris from her patient's eye.
- She spotted a tiny mote of lint on his jacket and gently plucked it off.
- The artist searched for a mote of inspiration in the old masters' paintings.
- The chef carefully examined the ingredients, searching for even the tiniest mote of contamination.