Word.ws English Dictionary

rising damp

rising damp noun: a condition caused by ground moisture rising up a masonry wall by capillary action.

Noun

rising damp (uncountable)

  1. A condition caused by ground moisture rising up a masonry wall by capillary action

Questions about rising damp

What does rising damp mean?
Rising damp means a condition caused by ground moisture rising up a masonry wall by capillary action.
What part of speech is rising damp?
Rising damp is a noun.

Words near rising damp in the dictionary

  1. rising
  2. rising above
  3. rising action
  4. rising actions
  5. rising and shining
  6. rising damp
  7. rising diphthong
  8. rising diphthongs
  9. rising from the ashes
  10. rising from the dead
  11. rising lark

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rising damp (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “rising damp.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/rising_damp. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.