Move the clothes from the washer to the dryer before they start to mildew.
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Mildew
//ˈmɪl.d(j)u//
Synonyms for "mildew" (83 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (41)
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4 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
11 entriesetymologically related_to
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1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
124 translations across 63 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- skimmel noun (growth of minute fungi)
Albanian
1 entries- myk noun (growth of minute fungi)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐρυσίβη noun (growth of minute fungi)
Arabic
2 entries- تَعَفُّن noun (growth of minute fungi)
- عُفُونَة noun (growth of minute fungi)
Armenian
1 entries- բորբոս noun (growth of minute fungi)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- kif noun (growth of minute fungi)
Belarusian
3 entries- бро́сня noun (growth of minute fungi)
- пле́сня noun (growth of minute fungi)
- цвіль noun (growth of minute fungi)
Bulgarian
1 entries- мана noun (growth of minute fungi)
Catalan
1 entries- míldiu noun (growth of minute fungi)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 霉 noun (growth of minute fungi)
- 霉菌 noun (growth of minute fungi)
Czech
3 entries- plíseň noun (growth of minute fungi)
- plesnivět verb (to become tainted with mildew)
- zplesnivět verb (to become tainted with mildew)
Danish
2 entries- meldug noun (growth of minute fungi)
- mug noun (growth of minute fungi)
Dutch
4 entries- meeldauw noun (growth of minute fungi)
- schimmel noun (growth of minute fungi)
- beschimmelen verb (to become tainted with mildew)
- met schimmel bedekken verb (to taint with mildew)
Esperanto
1 entries- melduo noun (growth of minute fungi)
Finnish
4 entries- home noun (growth of minute fungi)
- homehduttaa verb (to taint with mildew)
- homehtua verb (to become tainted with mildew)
- saada homehtumaan verb (to taint with mildew)
French
1 entries- mildiou noun (growth of minute fungi)
Georgian
3 entries- მილდიუ noun (growth of minute fungi)
- ობი noun (growth of minute fungi)
- ჭრაქი noun (growth of minute fungi)
German
4 entries- Mehltau noun (growth of minute fungi)
- Schimmel noun (growth of minute fungi)
- schimmeln verb (to taint with mildew)
- schimmeln verb (to become tainted with mildew)
Greek
1 entries- μούχλα noun (growth of minute fungi)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kūkaeloli noun (growth of minute fungi)
Hebrew
1 entries- טַחַב noun (growth of minute fungi)
Hindi
1 entries- फफूंदी noun (growth of minute fungi)
Hungarian
4 entries- lisztharmat noun (growth of minute fungi)
- penész noun (growth of minute fungi)
- peronoszpóra noun (growth of minute fungi)
- rozsda noun (growth of minute fungi)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Milldau noun (growth of minute fungi)
Indonesian
2 entries- cendawan noun (growth of minute fungi)
- kapang noun (growth of minute fungi)
Ingrian
1 entries- homehtua verb (to become tainted with mildew)
Irish
2 entries- caonach liath noun (growth of minute fungi)
- coincleach noun (growth of minute fungi)
Italian
1 entries- muffa noun (growth of minute fungi)
Jamaican Creole
1 entries- junjo noun (growth of minute fungi)
Japanese
2 entries- 黴 noun (growth of minute fungi)
- かびる verb (to taint with mildew)
Kazakh
2 entries- зай noun (growth of minute fungi)
- зең noun (growth of minute fungi)
Khmer
1 entries- ផ្សិត noun (growth of minute fungi)
Korean
1 entries- 곰팡이 noun (growth of minute fungi)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- көк дат noun (growth of minute fungi)
Latin
2 entries- aurūgō noun (growth of minute fungi)
- rōbīgō noun (growth of minute fungi)
Latvian
1 entries- pelējums noun (growth of minute fungi)
Lithuanian
1 entries- miltligė noun (growth of minute fungi)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- mjodnica noun (growth of minute fungi)
- pómjodk noun (growth of minute fungi)
Macedonian
1 entries- му́вла noun (growth of minute fungi)
Mongolian
1 entries- хөгц noun (growth of minute fungi)
Māori
3 entries- hōpurupuru noun (growth of minute fungi)
- kāhekaheka noun (growth of minute fungi)
- kūpā noun (growth of minute fungi)
Old English
2 entries- meledēaw noun (growth of minute fungi)
- mildēaw noun (growth of minute fungi)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كوف noun (growth of minute fungi)
Polish
3 entries- pleśń noun (growth of minute fungi)
- pleśnieć verb (to become tainted with mildew)
- spleśnieć verb (to become tainted with mildew)
Portuguese
2 entries- mofo noun (growth of minute fungi)
- míldio noun (growth of minute fungi)
Romanian
1 entries- mucegai noun (growth of minute fungi)
Russian
4 entries- ми́лдью noun (growth of minute fungi)
- пле́сень noun (growth of minute fungi)
- заплесневе́ть verb (to become tainted with mildew)
- плесневе́ть verb (to become tainted with mildew)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- buđ noun (growth of minute fungi)
- plesan noun (growth of minute fungi)
- plijesan noun (growth of minute fungi)
- буђ noun (growth of minute fungi)
Slovak
1 entries- pleseň noun (growth of minute fungi)
Slovene
1 entries- plesen noun (growth of minute fungi)
Spanish
4 entries- anublo noun (growth of minute fungi)
- añublo noun (growth of minute fungi)
- mildeu noun (growth of minute fungi)
- mildio noun (growth of minute fungi)
Swedish
1 entries- mjöldagg noun (growth of minute fungi)
Tagalog
1 entries- tagulamin noun (growth of minute fungi)
Tajik
3 entries- карра noun (growth of minute fungi)
- мағор noun (growth of minute fungi)
- пӯпанак noun (growth of minute fungi)
Tausug
1 entries- kapu-kapu noun (growth of minute fungi)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཧམ་འབུ noun (growth of minute fungi)
Turkish
1 entries- küf noun (growth of minute fungi)
Ukrainian
3 entries- плі́сень noun (growth of minute fungi)
- плі́снява noun (growth of minute fungi)
- цвіль noun (growth of minute fungi)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- pomjedź noun (growth of minute fungi)
Uzbek
2 entries- mogʻor noun (growth of minute fungi)
- poʻpanak noun (growth of minute fungi)
Vietnamese
1 entries- mốc noun (growth of minute fungi)
Welsh
1 entries- llwydni noun (growth of minute fungi)
West-Frisian
1 entries- skimmel noun (growth of minute fungi)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Wooden spoons start to mildew if they're left in the sink too long.
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Eva climbed the stairs to Romer's office, trying to analyse the complex smell in the stairwell - a cross between mushrooms and soot, ancient stour and mildew, she decided.
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A vulgar flaring paper adorned the walls, but it was blotched in places with mildew; and here and there great strips had become detached and hung down, exposing the yellow plaster beneath.
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