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mois·ture    Audio Help   [mois-cher] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.condensed or diffused liquid, esp. water: moisture in the air.
2.a small quantity of liquid, esp. water; enough liquid to moisten.
[Origin: 1325–75; ME; see moist, -ure; cf. MF moistour]

—Related forms
mois·ture·less, adjective
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mois·ture    Audio Help   (mois'chər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Diffuse wetness that can be felt as vapor in the atmosphere or condensed liquid on the surfaces of objects; dampness.
  2. The state or quality of being damp.


[Middle English, from Old French, from moiste, moist; see moist.]

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moisture

noun
wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window" 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
moisture [ˈmoistʃə] noun
(the quality of) dampness
Example: This soil needs moisture.
Arabic: رُطوبَه
Chinese (Simplified): 水份
Chinese (Traditional): 水份
Czech: vlhkost
Danish: fugtighed
Dutch: vocht
Estonian: niiskus
Finnish: kosteus
French: humidité
German: die Feuchtigkeit
Greek: υγρασία
Hungarian: nedvesség
Icelandic: raki
Indonesian: kelembaban
Italian: umidità
Japanese: 湿気
Korean: 습기, 수분
Latvian: mitrums
Lithuanian: drėgmė
Norwegian: fukt(ighet)
Polish: wilgoć
Portuguese (Brazil): umidade
Portuguese (Portugal): humedecimento
Romanian: umezeală, umi­ditate
Russian: влага; влажность
Slovak: vlhkosť
Slovenian: vlaga
Spanish: humedad
Swedish: fukt
Turkish: nem, rutubet
See also: moisturize, moisturise, moist, moisten

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Moisture

Mois"ture\, n. [Cf. OF. moistour, F. moiteur.]

1. A moderate degree of wetness. --Bacon.

2. That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.

All my body's moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heat. --Shak.
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