wet rot
Britishnoun
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a state of decay in timber caused by various fungi, esp Coniophora puteana. The hyphal strands of the fungus are seldom visible and affected timber turns dark brown
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any of the fungi causing this decay
Example Sentences
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"It had been student accommodation for 30 years, so it didn't look like it does now. "We had dry rot and wet rot and we re-roofed it and then the roof was stolen.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2014
Yet Rilke's poetic flavors�and the morbid scent of wet rot that rises from his life�have prevented many a poetry reader from acquiring the Rilke taste.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the smell of mud, mold, and wet rot was thick enough to stick.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
Whereby German affairs are come to be greatly overgrown with funguses in our Time; and give symptoms of dry and of wet rot, wherever handled.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 by Carlyle, Thomas
Whereby German affairs are come to be greatly overgrown with funguses in our time, and give symptoms of dry and of wet rot wherever handled.—History of Frederick the Great, vol.
From Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life by Reade, Alfred Arthur
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