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motes

motes is the plural of mote.

Meaning of mote

Noun (1)

mote (plural motes)

  1. (literary or puristic, otherwise archaic) A small particle; a speck.
    • Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 7:5
    Synonyms:
    modicum

Noun (2)

mote (plural motes)

  1. (obsolete) A meeting for discussion.
    • a wardmote in the city of London
  2. (obsolete) A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.
    • a folk mote
  3. (obsolete) A place of meeting for discussion.

Noun (3)

mote (plural motes)

  1. A tiny computer for remote sensing; a component element of smartdust.

See all 9 meanings of mote

Proper noun capitalized: Motes

Motes

  1. (plural) plural of Mote

Phrases with motes

Questions about motes

What is motes the plural of?
Motes is the plural of mote.
What part of speech is motes?
Motes is a proper noun.

Words near motes in the dictionary

  1. motelled
  2. motelling
  3. motels
  4. Moten
  5. Motens
  6. motes
  7. motesanib
  8. motest
  9. motet
  10. motets
  11. motett

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: motes (page history and authors); Motes (page history and authors); mote (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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