motte

Meaning

1. motte (mound of earth)
2. clod (lump of earth)
3. block, lump (of food etc.)
4. (colloquial) pubic mound, mons veneris

Concepts

clod

lump

clump

ball

turf

clot

mound

sod

glob

mass

pat

sphere

clod of dirt

clod of earth

bullet

bundle

chunk

chunkily

cluster

divot

drop

Synonyms

masse

glèbe

bouse

gazon

goutte

💧

protubérance

tas

amoncellement

caillot

grumeau

monceau

bosse

renflement

boule

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɔt/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: mote

In summary

Inherited from Old French mote (“mound”), from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”).