Vole Definition

vōl
voles
noun
voles
Any of a number of small rodents (family Cricetidae), with a stout body and short tail.
Webster's New World
In old card games, the winning of all the tricks in a deal.
Webster's New World
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verb
(card games, intransitive) To win all the tricks by a vole.
Wiktionary
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Other Word Forms of Vole

Noun

Singular:
vole
Plural:
voles

Origin of Vole

  • Short for obsolete volemouse perhaps from Norwegian vollmus Old Norse völlr field Old Norse mūs mouse

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French probably from voler to fly from Old French from Latin volāre to fly

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French

    From Wiktionary

Vole Sentence Examples

  • The female mink is just small enough to enter the water vole burrows, leaving the vole with no refuge.

  • The water course reveals the burrows of the endangered water vole.

  • The urban conurbation appears to provide a stronghold for the water vole.

  • The bank vole is the smallest of the vole species in Britain.

  • A marsh harrier glides low over wheat, drops on a vole.

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Words Starting With

VVOVOL

Words Ending With

ELEOLE

Unscrambles

vole

Words Starting With V and Ending With E

Starts With V & Ends With EStarts With VO & Ends With EStarts With V & Ends With LE

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With V4 Letter Words Ending With E