Definition of moss-grown in US English:
moss-grown
adjectiveˈmôsˌɡrōnˈmɔsˌɡroʊn
Overgrown with moss.
a heap of moss-grown ruins
Example sentencesExamples
- It had the usual country-schoolhouse form, with a moss-grown roof and blank window spaces, whence both glass and sash had long departed.
- There must be some place for warmth in this cold world, she thought, and watched the fireflies dance around a moss-grown statue of Hercules.
- The house was now moss-grown, crumbling to decay, and melancholy.