moose

CEFRB1

/muːs/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A very large deer with broad, flat antlers.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An ugly person.

Examples

  • Tom had never seen a moose until he moved to Alaska.

  • Did you see a sick moose?

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /mʉs/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any of the extinct moose-like deer of the genera Cervalces and Libralces.

  2. The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.

  3. An Asian girl taken as a lover.

More examples

In context

  • We saw a moose at the edge of the woods.

  • Europe’s giant beavers lived at the same time as the first moose, Libralces gallicus.

  • In military bases in the rear areas it was common for soldiers to have a moose.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Earlier mus, moos, from an Eastern Algonquian language name for the animal, such as Massachusett moos, mws, Narragansett moos or Penobscot mos (cognate to Abenaki moz), from Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”), referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding: compare Massachusett moos-u (“he strips, cuts smooth”).