Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for moss-grown

moss-grown

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

They found a temple all slimy and moss-grown, but not quite in ruins, and there they gave thanks for their escape and prayed for help in their dreadful loneliness.

Read more on Literature

Further east on the national road, lupine seeds have — at some point — been tossed into the moss-grown Eldhraun lava field, formed in a historic 18th-century eruption that wiped out a fifth of Iceland’s population.

Read more on New York Times

We were sitting on the lowest step of a high, square tomb, moss-grown and lichen-covered.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

The kitchens were on the other hand, and before her an opening flanked by tall heraldic beasts broke a low wall, built of moss-grown brick.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

A moss-grown bank supplied a bed as comfortable as any spring mattress.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement