mother
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈmʌðər/
- Specialized
:
madre del vinagre
- All of the mothers were married, and 62% were 39 years of age or younger.
Like, it's like the bacteria colony in a kombucha mother that you put into kombucha.
- Like, it's like the bacteria colony in a kombucha mother that you put into kombucha.
Examples
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This is a baby mother from my kombucha.
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A mother culture is essential for brewing high-quality kombucha at home.
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For example, many households are headed by single mothers, often with their own mothers' help.
Academic text (1997) -
Will strokes the mother's head, looking at the miracle of new life.
Fiction book (1996) -
Most respondents were mothers (85.7%), and the remainder were fathers (8.7%), grandmothers (3.6%), or other caregivers (2%).
Academic text (2015) -
The vinegar's flavor improved after adding a piece of mother from a previous batch.
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When making homemade vinegar, you need to add mother to start the fermentation process.
Idioms
- Offensive
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9.9
A very rude insult that shows extreme anger at someone by insulting their mother
Compounds
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6.0
A smooth shiny layer inside some shells that shows rainbow colours and is used for decoration
- Formal
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6.1
The mother of the current king or queen who keeps the title after her child becomes ruler
- Literature
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9.9
An ancient Phrygian goddess worshipped for nature and fertility, often shown with lions
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4.3
A woman who cares for someone like a mother, often with or instead of their own mother
- Archaic
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9.9
A loose dress without a belt that falls straight from the shoulders, with a high neck and long sleeves
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9.9
A small seabird that flies low over the sea and often appears before storms
- Specialized
A cell that makes another cell during the growth or reproduction of a living thing
A low, fragrant plant with small purple and white flowers that grows close to the ground
- Baby Talk
A small nursery rhyme character a child shows on their thumb to teach finger names
- Baby Talk
A simple game for children using the thumb and four fingers to help them move well
A high cloud that looks shiny with rainbow colors around sunrise or after sunset
A small plant with many red and white flowers that spreads by long thin stems
An indoor plant with large dark leaves that can make your tongue and throat swell if eaten
- Slur
A mother wrongly blamed in the past for causing her child's autism because she seemed cold
- Specialized
A cell in plants, fungi, or algae that divides to make four spores with half the usual genes
Surface Forms
Etymology
In cooking and drink making, the mother is the slimy mass that starts new vinegar, and people called it mother because it is the 'parent' or source of the new drink. That's why finding a mother means the vinegar grew naturally.