Meaning & use
mote
A tiny particle, especially of dust, seen floating in a beam of light.
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Motes of dust drifted lazily through the sunbeam streaming into the attic.
A single mote caught in her eye made her blink repeatedly all afternoon.
A note on using this word
Mote almost always appears in the phrase mote of dust and rarely describes anything but very small particles.
Words with a similar meaning
speckparticle
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