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moleskin

/ˈmoʊlˌskɪn/

moleskin noun: the fur of a mole.

moleskin: the fur of a mole
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Noun

moleskin (countable and uncountable, plural moleskins)

  1. The fur of a mole.
  2. A cotton twill fabric with a heavy velvety nap.
  3. (broadly, in plural) Clothing made of this fabric.
  4. A padded adhesive bandage used to prevent or treat blisters.

Verb

moleskin (third-person singular simple present moleskins, present participle moleskinning, simple past and past participle moleskinned)

  1. To cover with a moleskin bandage.
    • Sadler has already wrapped an ace bandage around a badly sprained wrist (sustained in a fall on a desert trail), tweezered out a few cactus spines, moleskinned some blisters, and doled out all the pastillas de dolor —painkillers...2011, William deBuys, A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest

moleskin meaning in Bengali

moleskin in Bengali

মোলেস্কিন, ছুঁচোর চামড়া

Forms of moleskin

Noun
pluralmoleskins
Verb
third-person singular presentmoleskins
present participlemoleskinning
past participlemoleskinned
pastmoleskinned

Origin of moleskin

From mole + skin.

Questions about moleskin

What does moleskin mean?
Moleskin means the fur of a mole.
What is moleskin in Bengali?
Moleskin in Bengali is মোলেস্কিন, ছুঁচোর চামড়া. See Moleskin meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is moleskin?
Moleskin can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce moleskin?
Moleskin is pronounced /ˈmoʊlˌskɪn/ (US).
What is the plural of moleskin?
The plural of moleskin is moleskins.

Words near moleskin in the dictionary

  1. molerats
  2. molers
  3. moles
  4. Molesey
  5. Moleski
  6. moleskin
  7. moleskinned
  8. moleskinning
  9. moleskins
  10. Moleskis
  11. molest

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