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rot

Rot is a 3 letter word which starts with the letter R and ends with the letter T for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(v. i.) To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay.
(v. i.) Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.
(v. t.) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as to rot vegetable fiber.
(v. t.) To expose as flax to a process of maceration etc. for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
(n.) Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.

Syllable Information

The word rot is a 3 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for rot is: rot


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