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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRY ROT

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Dry rot is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DRY ROT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Dry rot

Dry rot is wood decay caused by certain species of fungi that digest parts of the wood which give the wood strength and stiffness. It was previously used to describe any decay of cured wood in ships and buildings by a fungus which resulted in a darkly colored deteriorated and cracked condition. The life-cycle of dry rot can be broken down into four main stages. Dry rot begins as a microscopic spore which, in high enough concentrations, can resemble a fine orange dust. If the spores are subjected to sufficient moisture they will begin to grow fine white strands known as hyphae. As the hyphae germinate they will eventually form a large mass known as mycelium. The final stage is a fruiting body which pumps new spores out into the surrounding air. In other fields, the term has been applied to the decay of crop plants by fungi and the deterioration of rubber.

Definition of dry rot in the English dictionary

The first definition of dry rot in the dictionary is crumbling and drying of timber, bulbs, potatoes, or fruit, caused by saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungi. Other definition of dry rot is any fungus causing this decay, esp of the genus Merulius. Dry rot is also moral degeneration or corrupt practices, esp when previously unsuspected.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRY ROT

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dry slope
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Dry Tortugas
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WORDS THAT END LIKE DRY ROT

black rot
brown rot
carrot
Diderot
foot rot
foxtrot
hoof rot
noble rot
on the trot
parrot
Pierrot
potato ring rot
ring rot
rot
Sderot
soft rot
tarot
tooth rot
trot
wet rot

Synonyms and antonyms of dry rot in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dry rot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRY ROT

Find out the translation of dry rot to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dry rot from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dry rot» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

干腐病
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pudrición seca
570 millions of speakers

English

dry rot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधोगति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العفن الجاف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сухая гниль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

podridão seca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উস্ক শুষ্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pourriture sèche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kering reput
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwamm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

乾腐
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

건조 부패
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Garing rot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thối khô
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வறண்ட அழுகல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोरडी रॉट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çürüğün
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

putrefazione secca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sucha zgnilizna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

суха гниль
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

putregai uscat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξηρά αποσύνθεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verrotting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hussvamp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hussopp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dry rot

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRY ROT»

The term «dry rot» is regularly used and occupies the 58.679 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRY ROT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dry rot

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRY ROT»

Discover the use of dry rot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dry rot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dry Rot in the Ivory Tower: A Case for Fumigation, ...
Compiling some 65 vignettes that peek behind the boardroom door, the book gives substantive evidence of the problems which exist in universities today, as well as providing the author's prognosis of the possibility of change.
John R. Campbell, 2000
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Popular Mechanics Complete Home How-to
Albert Jackson, David Day. FUNGAL ATTACK WET/DRY ROT FUNGAL ATTACK PREVENTION ;k Preventive treatment Moisture problems DAMPNESS CAUSES. Wet. rot. and. dry. rot. Rot can occur in unprotected lumber inside your house, ...
Albert Jackson, David Day, 2009
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Our National Bane; Or, the Dry-Rot in American Politics
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
George Lewis Prentiss, 2008
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An essay on the origin and operation of the dry rot: with a ...
CHAP. VIII. ON THE DRY ROT ORIGINATING WITHIN THE WALLS. That the dry rot is frequently generated without the building, which it ultimately destroys, seems clearly proved in the foregoing chapter ; and that it is likewise generated within ...
Robert McWilliam (architect.), 1818
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Dry Rot and Daffodils
Full of anecdotes that are always enlightening, often funny and sometimes almost unbelievable, Dry Rot and Daffodils is a wonderfully entertaining account of what it's really like to live in a National Trust house.
Mary Mackie, 2013
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Dry Rot in Factory Timbers, 1915 ...
DRY ROT AND DAMP ROT Most rot in mill timbers is caused by two groups of fungus, one thrives in dampness, the other in air relatively much drier LOCAL DIFFERENCES IN EXPOSURE TO MOISTURE The relative humidity of air in a room ...
Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies, 1915
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The Dry Rot of Society and Other Essays
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Marian Cox, 2010
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A Treatise on the Origin, Progress, Prevention, and Cure of ...
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1875 Original Publisher: E.
Thomas Allen Britton, General Books, 2009
9
The Fungus Kingdom
From descriptions written at the time, it appears that many of the Speedwell's timbers were weak and crumbling, riddled with a condition called dry rot that happens when a fungus feeds on dead wood. In the case of the Speedwell, ...
Rebecca Stefoff, 2007
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The Philosophical Magazine and Journal
Sirs, — The dry-rot which has made its appearance in His Majesty's navy having excited general attention, I have been led to reflect, not only on the cause which has produced it, but the probable mode of its prevention ; and the result of these ...
Andrew Tilloch, Richard Taylor, 1818

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRY ROT»

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Moisture and Dry Rot Implicated in Fatal Balcony Collapse in Berkeley
Dry rot is caused by fungi that digest components of wood. The term “dry rot” is a misnomer as the fungi require moisture to grow. Wood makes ... «WebWire, Jul 15»
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Berkeley balcony collapse victim wakes from coma three weeks after …
New safety rules for buildings in the university city were drawn up after investigations found severe dry rot in the balcony which collapsed. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Wednesday Must Reads: Berkeley to Consider Balcony Reforms …
The collapsed balcony at a Kittredge Street apartment complex was inundated with dry rot due to shoddy workmanship. The city council may ... «East Bay Express, Jul 15»
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Dry rot suspected in fatal Folsom stairway collapse
More than a year before a stairway collapsed and killed a 26-year-old man last week, a different stairway came down at the 280-unit Folsom ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
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Children's centre 'may need to be rebuilt' over dry rot
A children's centre that opened seven years ago may have to be knocked down and rebuilt because of damage caused by dry rot. Somerset ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
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Official: Folsom apartment complex had ordered permit to fix stairways
On Saturday, the official also said that dry rot is likely to blame for the stairway collapse at the apartment complex that resulted in the death of a ... «KCRA Sacramento, Jul 15»
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Dry Rot in the Bitterroot
We managed to fit in a Father's Day float on the Bitterroot River, and it was a good one. We got fish on dry flies from the launch ramp even ... «Flathead Beacon, Jul 15»
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Golden Gate Enterprises, Inc. Expands Deck and Dry Rot Repair …
Golden Gate Enterprises, Inc, a leading San Francisco Bay Area General Contractor, announces the expansion of its dry rot, structural, and ... «Press Release Rocket, Jun 15»
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Residents warned off balconies due to dry rot
“Even the visuals of the dry rot on the Berkeley balcony resonated with everyone in Riverwalk. “To think that somebody, and especially a child, ... «Irish Examiner, Jun 15»
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Cross Keys shut in dry rot investigation
It was inspected by officers from the council and it was suspected that there may have been problems with dry rot in the past, although there ... «Selkirk Weekend Advertiser, Jun 15»

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