mother
noun
1. a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
- the mother of three children
Definition categories: person, parent
2. a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
Definition categories: substance, barm, yeast
3. a term of address for an elderly woman
Definition categories: person
4. a term of address for a mother superior
Definition categories: person, abbess, prioress
5. a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation
- necessity is the mother of invention
Definition categories: thought, inspiration
Sentences with mother as a noun:
- I am visiting my mother(a) today. — My sister-in-law has just become a mother.(b) — Nutrients and oxygen obtained by the mother(c) are conveyed to the fetus.
- The lioness was a mother of four cubs.
- The Mediterranean was mother to many cultures and languages.
- Mother Smith, meet my cousin, Doug Jones.
- "The great duel, the mother of all battles has begun." — Saddam Hussein