Mule Meaning and Definition

Word: Mule

Noun

Definitions:

1. The offspring of a donkey and a horse (strictly, a male donkey and a female horse), typically sterile and used as a beast of burden.

Example sentences: "The Israelites used various beasts of burden - mules, horses, camels and oxen."

2. A hybrid plant or animal, especially a sterile one.

Example sentences: "Finch mules have always been more difficult to breed than the canaries or finches themselves, but some were less difficult than others."

3. A kind of spinning machine producing yarn on spindles, invented by Samuel Crompton (1753–1827) in 1779.

Example sentences: "His near contemporary, the shy and upright Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule that allowed Britain to corner the market in fine-spun cottons."

4. A small tractor or locomotive, typically one that is electrically powered.

Example sentences: "The trolley pole is mounted on a cylindrical bearing member secured to the side of an electric mule or locomotive for pivotal movement about a vertical axis."

5. A coin with the obverse and reverse of designs not originally intended to be used together.

Example sentences: "There are three recognised mule coins from the Republic of India."

Noun

Definitions:

1. A slipper or light shoe without a back.

Example sentences: "Throwbacks to a swell fashion trend of yesteryear, they spice up any pair of shoes, from ballet flats to mules or slinky stilettos."

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Mule in Other Languages...

Spanish: Mulo

German: Maultier

French: Mule

Italian: Mulo

Turkish: Katır