Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for rot. Search instead for erot.
Definitions

rot

[rot] / rɒt /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The pillars tilted and some of the floor boards showed signs of rot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

That is forcing vineyard owners from Bordeaux to Australia to rip up vines and leave grapes to rot in the fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Yet Aster diagnoses them, and everyone else, with a deadly case of social media brain rot.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

A publication that once stood for truth and justice, emboldening reporters like Bernstein and Woodward to uncover corruption, was now wantonly flaunting its own rot.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

Windfall, where ripe plums rain down from the gods’ trees and there is always the sweet smell of rot.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor