mamma

Noun

Meaning

Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.

A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a breast; under; bag.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mama mummy mum ma mom mammy mommy mother momma mammary gland mam parent chest dam breast
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Antonyms

man father dad benefactor old man begetter
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Hypernyms

mother exocrine exocrine gland female parent duct gland

Hyponyms

knocker breast bag bosom tit boob

Phrases with the word

come to mamma

Derivatives

mammae

Examples

You really want to know what being an X-Man feels like? Just be a smart bookish boy of color in a contemporary U. S. ghetto. Mamma mia! Like having bat wings or a pair of tentacles growing out of your chest. Junot Diaz

Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it. Loretta Young

I'm doing a play, a musical. The musical follows the Mamma Mia concept. It's my first LA theater project. Tatyana Ali

Maybe any action becomes cowardly once you stop to reason about it. Conscience doth make cowards of us all, eh mamma mia? Mary McCarthy

I'll tell you how it happened. The phone rang. Paul, my agent, goes, 'Would you like to play Meryl Streep's?' I said, 'Yeeees! I'll do it, whatever it is.' He said, 'It's Mamma Mia!.' I said, 'Oh no, which character? The fat friend? Julie Walters

Who the daughter would win, with mamma must begin. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

mamluke mamlutdar mamm- mamma bear mamma jamma mamma mia