FluentPlex

mamma

/ˈmæmə/ noun A2
  1. The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
  2. An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.

Plural mammae

+ Save to review

From the library

When my mamma puts out the light,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 1 · C1
Then, when mamma goes by to bed,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 14 · C1
Elizabeth would not observe her; and when at last Kitty did, she very innocently said, “What is the matter, mamma?
Pride and Prejudice, p. 324 · B2
“We mustn’t keep mamma and the others waiting,” said she.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 13 · C1

Learn mamma in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account
Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.