mop

CEFRB2

/mɒp/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A tool with a long handle used for cleaning floors.

  2. 02

    verb

    To clean a floor with a mop.

Examples

  • I cannot mop this floor. It's too dirty.

  • Please clean the floor with this mop.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A dense head of hair.

  2. A wash with a mop; the act of mopping.

  3. An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.

More examples

In context

  • Tom cleaned the floor with a mop.

  • He gave the floor a quick mop to soak up the spilt juice.

  • He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English mappe (also as mappel), perhaps borrowed from Walloon mappe (“napkin”), from Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”). Believed to be from a Semitic source, variously claimed as Phoenician or Punic (the latter by Quintilian). Compare Modern Hebrew מַפָּה (mapá, “a map; a cloth”) (shortened from מַנְפָּה (manpah, “fluttering banner, streaming cloth”)). Doublet of map, nape, and nappe.