Usually means: Tiny particle, often of dust.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word Mote:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. mote: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mote: Merriam-Webster
  3. mote: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mote, mote: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. mote: Collins English Dictionary
  6. mote: Vocabulary.com
  7. Mote, mote: Wordnik
  8. mote: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Mote, mote: Wiktionary
  10. mote: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. mote: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. mote: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Mote, mote: Dictionary.com
  14. mote: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Mote (food), Mote (name), Mote (sensor), Mote: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Mote: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. mote: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. mote: Rhymezone
  19. Mote: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. mote: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. mote: FreeDictionary.org
  22. mote: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. mote: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mote: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Webopedia (No longer online)
  2. mote: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MOTE: Acronym Finder

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Mote: Easton Bible
  2. MOTE: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. mote: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. MOTE: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. mote: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Mote)

▸ noun:  A small particle; a speck.
▸ verb:  (archaic) May or might.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) Must.
▸ verb:  (archaic) Forming subjunctive expressions of wish: may.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A meeting for discussion.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A place of meeting for discussion.
▸ noun:  A tiny computer for remote sensing; a component element of smartdust.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
speck, particle, atom, molecule, moth, dustmote, dustling, atomy, morceau, morsel, more...

Types:
dust mote, fog mote, smoke mote, ice mote, snow mote, rain mote, more...

Phrases:
jones mote reaction, So mote it be, shire mote, wood mote, mote bell, more...

Adjectives:
little, much, tiny, single, beholdest, smallest, folk, mere, jones, black, last

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     sand,     dusty rose,     ash gray, more...


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Similar:
speck, particle, atom, molecule, moth, dustmote, dustling, atomy, morceau, morsel, more...

Types:
dust mote, fog mote, smoke mote, ice mote, snow mote, rain mote, more...

Phrases:
jones mote reaction, So mote it be, shire mote, wood mote, mote bell, a mote in eye, The Mote in God's Eye, The Mote and the Beam, Ightham Mote, Mote con huesillo, Mote Park, Gordon Mote, dust mote, more...

Adjectives:
little, much, tiny, single, beholdest, smallest, folk, mere, jones, black, last

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     sand,     dusty rose,     ash gray, more...



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