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mummy
1[ muhm-ee ]
noun
- the dead body of a human being or animal, treated with natural or chemical desiccants and preservatives as part of preparation for burial, as notably practiced in ancient Egyptian and South American cultures:
The Egyptian mummies on display, characteristically wrapped in multiple layers of linen, are more than 3,500 years old.
- a dead body dried and preserved by nature.
- a withered or shrunken living being:
When this mummy of a guy walked in, we were not expecting him to say that he’s our new fitness coach!
- a dry, shriveled fruit, tuber, or other plant organ, resulting from any of several fungal diseases.
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to make into or cause to resemble a mummy; mummify.
mummy
2[ muhm-ee ]
noun
mummy
1/ ˈmʌmɪ /
noun
- a child's word for mother 1
mummy
2/ ˈmʌmɪ /
noun
- an embalmed or preserved body, esp as prepared for burial in ancient Egypt
- obsolete.the substance of such a body used medicinally
- a mass of pulp
- a dark brown pigment
Other Words From
- un·mum·mied adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of mummy1
Word History and Origins
Origin of mummy1
Origin of mummy2
Example Sentences
In 2020, a group of explorers looking for mammoth tusks in eastern Siberia made a surprising discovery – the mummy of a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed kitten.
"Her three-year-old is still asking when mummy is coming home and pointing to mummy’s side of the bed."
She said her "amazing mummy" was someone she had always looked up to and showed her the "value of working hard, dreaming big and what it takes to succeed".
"My mummy was in cardiac arrest, and every second counts," she said.
“Women have had people screaming ‘murderer’ or shouting out ‘mummy’ and saying that they’re going to be praying for them and that is a really harrowing experience,” she tells me.
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