mummynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmʌm.i/us/ˈmʌm.i/mummy noun [ C ] (MOTHER)
UK US mommy child's word for mother:
[ as form of address ] I want to go home, Mummy.
Could I speak to your mummy please, Phoebe?
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- Give the letter to your mummy.
- I want my mummy!
- Just wait till I tell your mummy!
- All the mummies and daddies will be there.
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Family: informal names
- baba
- bro
- bruv
- dad
- daddy
- grandma
- grandpa
- granny
- ma
- mam
- mom
- momma
- mommy
- mum
- nana
- papa
- pater
- pop
- rellie
- sis
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mummy noun [ C ] (BODY)
(especially in ancient Egypt) a dead body that is prevented from decaying by being treated with special substances before being wrapped in cloth
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Ancient history: before 500 AD
- ancient
- antiquity
- archaic
- Celt
- centurion
- classical
- gladiator
- Grecian
- Hellenic
- Hippocrates
- legion
- necropolis
- neoclassical
- Neogene
- Romano-
- sarcophagus
- Saturnalia
- the Bronze Age
- the Christian era
- the Iron Age
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Burying, cremating and preserving bodies