damp
noun/dæmp/
/dæmp/
[uncountable] (British English)- the state of being slightly wet ; areas on a wall, etc. that are slightly wet
- The old house smells of damp.
- Those marks above the window look like damp to me.
- The surveyor found damp in the kitchen.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- penetrating
- rising
- have
- suffer from
- check for
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (in the noun sense ‘noxious inhalation’): of West Germanic origin; related to a Middle Low German word meaning ‘vapour, steam, smoke’.Definitions on the go
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