Dictionary:

motte¹

  (mŏt)

A copse or small stand of trees on a prairie.

[American Spanish mata, from Spanish, shrub, probably from Late Latin matta, mat. See mat¹.]

A tuft of human or animal hair standing up on the head or body.

[From French, from Old French mote, mound.]

In medieval times, a high, defensive mound of earth surmounted by a timber stockade and tower, and surrounded by a ditch.

Mycobacteria other than tuberculosis.

Mott can refer to:

• The Mott problem of quantum mechanics

• Mott (or motte), a term for a cluster of live oaks.

a corporation or organization:

• Mott's, a food company sit holde
• Mott, Hay and Anderson, merged to form Mott MacDonald, civil engineering consultants.
• Mott Community College in Flint, Michigan

a location:

• Mott, North Dakota
• Mott Township, Hettinger County, North Dakota
• Long Mott, Texas
• Elm Mott, Texas
• Mott Haven, Bronx, New York
• Fort Mott in New Jersey
• Fort Mott in Vermont

a person with the name of Mott:

• Basil Mott
• Charles Stewart Mott
• Edward John Mott, British soldier
• James Mott
• John Raleigh Mott
• Lewis Freeman Mott
• Lucretia Mott (also known as Lydia Mott)
• Luiz Mott
• Nevill Francis Mott, British physicist
• Stephen Charles Mott
• Stewart Rawlings Mott
• Valentine Mott

or, the musical group Mott the Hoople, or their album Mott

See also

• Mote
• Motte

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