mom

A1
US /mɑm/ UK /mɒm/
noun verb name adj Freq #254

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Mother.

    To find out what moms really want this year, we turned to the best source possible: our own mothers.

  2. 2
    verb

    To care for in a motherly way.

    The shock of my news had worn off, and now she'd want to know where I was, how I was doing, and she'd sniff out that I was with someone. “I just wanted to check in on you.” That was Mom. Totally unashamed about momming me.

  3. 3
    name

    One’s mother.

    I wish Mom and Dad didn't argue so much.

  4. 4
    noun

    informal terms for a mother

  5. 5
    noun

    An adult female owner of a pet.

  6. 6
    name

    A surname from Khmer.

  7. 7
    noun

    prefix of a female commoner who marries a royal prince.

  8. 8
    adj

    Initialism of month-over-month/month-on-month; compared to the same time period in the previous month.

Etymology

Transliteration of Khmer មុំ (mum, “corner, angle”).

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 name · one’s mother. mammommymothermummummy
4 noun · informal terms for a mother mum
Word family
Derived forms biomombirdmomcannamomgrandmominsta-mominstamomlistmommom-and-popmom-in-lawmomagermomarazzimombie

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