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# musty

«musty» in Mova's school dictionary: **smelling damp, stale or old, as a room or food does when…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (mustier, mustiest)

### meaning for a pupil

Musty means smelling damp, stale or old, as a room or food does when it has not been aired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musty/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

describes food, rooms or wine that have gone stale or damp in a tale

### examples

- They gave me onions and musty wine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musty/#x1)
- The cellar smelled musty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musty/#x2)
- Musty eggs were served at the feast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musty/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «musty» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musty/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.