mogul
IPA: mˈoʊgʌɫ
Root Word: Mogul
noun
- (rail transport) A steam locomotive of the 2-6-0 wheel arrangement.
- A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.
- A rich or powerful person; a magnate, nabob.
- (skiing) A hump or bump on a skiing piste.
- A larger-sized (39 mm diameter) screw base used for large, high-power light bulbs, known as mogul (screw) base light bulbs.
- A machine that forms shaped candies from syrups or gels.
- Alternative spelling of Moghul [A head of the Timurid dynasty founded by Zahīr-ud-Dīn Muhammed Bābur (1483-1530) which controlled large parts of southern Asia from the 16th to the 19th centuries.]
verb
- (skiing) To ski over a course of humps or bumps.
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Examples of "mogul" in Sentences
- She is the daughter of a hotel mogul.
- He was the king of all the studio moguls.
- He defeated the mogul of the Mystic Mountain.
- He was the hematologist for the MGM mogul, Louis B. Mayer.
- The magazine mogul ditched his famed jammies for the event.
- The slopes are quite steep and many of the runs are mogul runs.
- The top of the mountain has challenging chutes and open mogul runs.
- Attempts had been made to fight the auto moguls early in the depression.
- Designer Anne Cole, the US swimwear mogul, was the originator of this style.
- The mogul football team won the Class A State Championship in 1984 and 2007.
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