spore
/spɔː(ɹ)/US/spoɹ/
spore noun: a reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
Noun
spore (plural spores)
- A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
- Thresher maws are subterranean carnivores that spend their entire lives eating or searching for something to eat. Threshers reproduce via spores that lie dormant for millennia, yet are robust enough to survive prolonged periods in deep space and atmospheric re-entry. As a result, thresher spores...2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Thresher Maws Codex entry
- After anthrax spores were found in letters sent to Sens. Patrick Leahy and Thomas Daschle in 2001, Congress began screening all the mail that came into the building.2017 June 14, Julian Zelizer, “The challenge of protecting members of Congress”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2017
- A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.
Verb
spore (third-person singular simple present spores, present participle sporing, simple past and past participle spored)
- To produce spores.
Proper noun capitalized: Spore
Spore
- A surname.
spore meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
spore in Hindi
- reproductive particle
- बीजाणु bījāṇu
spore in Tamil
- வித்தி, வித்து, ஸ்போர், சிதல், வித்தம், விதை
spore in Marathi
- बीजकण, बीजाणू
spore in Bengali
- spore
- বীজাণু bijanu
More languagesFewer languages
- spore in Telugu
- బీజకణము bījakaṇamu, సిద్ధబీజము siddhabījamu, బీజాణువు bījāṇuvu
- spore in Kannada
- ಬಿತ್ತು
- spore in Gujarati
- બીજકણ, બીજક, બીજકોશ
- spore in Odia
- ବୀଜକଣିକା
- spore in Nepali
- बीजाणु, स्पोर, स्पोर गर्न
- spore in Indonesian
- spora
- spore in Persian
- اسپور espor, هاگ hâg
- spore in Thai
- สปอร์ sà-bpɔɔ
- spore in Vietnamese
- bào tử
Examples of spore in a sentence
- There was a sudden gust of wind, on which spores were borne away.
- He accidentally exposed the bacteria to mold spores.
- Pollen, dust, and spores are common allergens.
Forms of spore
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | spores |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | spores |
| present participle | sporing |
| past participle | spored |
| past | spored |
Origin of spore
From New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”), related to σπόρος (spóros, “sowing”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”). Related to English spread).
Words formed from spore
- acrospore
- aeciospore
- amerospore
- androspore
- aneuspory
- anisospore
- aplanospore
- archeospore
- arthrospore
- ascospore
- asexual spore
- autospore
- auxospore
- azygospore
- ballistospore
- basidiospore
- bispore
- blastospore
- cheirospore
- chlamydospore
- cystospore
- dictyospore
- didymospore
- dinospore
- endospore
- epispore
- exospore
- exosporium
- forespore
- gymnospore
- gynandrosporous
- haplospore
- helicospore
- heterosporous
- homospore
- homosporous
- hypnospore
- idioandrosporous
- interspore
- isospore
- macrospore
- megaspore
- meiospore
- mesospore
- microspore
- milky spore
- monospore
- monosporic
- multispore
- mycosporine
- nonspore
- octospore
- oospore
- parthenospore
- perispore
- phaeospore
- phragmospore
- pollen spore
- polyspore
- prespore
Phrases with spore
Words that rhyme with spore
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Questions about spore
- What does spore mean?
- Spore means a reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
- What is spore in Hindi?
- Spore in Hindi is बीजाणु (bījāṇu). See Spore meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is spore?
- Spore can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce spore?
- Spore is pronounced /spɔː(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of spore?
- The plural of spore is spores.
Words near spore in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: spore (page history and authors); Spore (page history and authors); spore (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spore (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); বীজাণু (Bengali) (page history and authors); బీజకణము (Telugu) (page history and authors); spore (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spore (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spore (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spore (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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