Mummy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The dead body of a human or animal that has been embalmed and prepared for burial, as according to the practices of the ancient Egyptians.
  • n. A withered, shrunken, or well-preserved body that resembles an embalmed body.
  • n. Informal Mother.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A child's term for mother.
  • n. An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians.
  • n. Any naturally preserved human or animal body.
  • n. A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh.
  • n. A pulp.
  • v. To mummify.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.
  • n. Dried flesh of a mummy.
  • n. A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
  • n. A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
  • n. A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
  • n. One whose affections and energies are withered.
  • v. To embalm; to mummify.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A dead human body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptian preparation for burial.
  • n. The substance of a mummy; a medicinal preparation supposed to consist of the substance of mummies or of dead bodies; hence, a medicinal liquor or gum in general. Also mummia. See first quotation under mummia.
  • n. In horticulture, a kind of wax used in grafting and planting trees.
  • n. A brown color prepared from the asphalt taken from Egyptian mummies, and used as an oil-color by artists.
  • To embalm; mummify.
  • n. A mummychog.
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  • n. informal terms for a mother
  • n. a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
    • Verb Form
    mummied    mummies    mummying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mother    female parent    body    dead body   
    Cross Reference
    to beat to a mummy    mummy brown    mummy-corn    corpse   
    Form
    mummied    mummying   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    embalm    mummify   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    chummy    crummy    dummy    gummi    gummy    rummy    tummy    yummy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    skeleton    corpse    sarcophagus    sarcophagi   
     
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