adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mouldy British English , moldy American English (= covered with a green substance that grows on old food )
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All there was in the house was a loaf of mouldy old bread.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All there was in the fridge was a piece of mouldy cheese and some tomatoes.
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This pizza's so old it's gone mouldy !
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few mouldy bones break the surface of the water here and there.
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Green grass sprouted from the mouldy , neglected thatched roofs.
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Half stale buns and mouldy meat.
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The paint surface grew a little cracked and mouldy , but nothing else seemed to be happening.
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The pocket's all stained and that's mouldy too.
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There were dozens of empty tins too, soup and baked beans, all mixed together with dozens of mouldy bread wrappers.
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Wait a little longer and the brown turns to black; this means the flesh has become bruised or mouldy .
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We looked at some mouldy bread and started to wonder how the mould first got there.