mop
/mɑp/ n [C]Definition
› a stick having at one end a mass of thick, cloth strings or a sponge (= soft substance) that you slide along a floor to spread or absorb a liquid in cleaning the floor › A mop of hair is a lot of hair in a thick mass: The child’s face was framed by a mop of brown curls.
(Definition of mop n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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