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mamma
1[ mah-muh, muh-mah ]
mamma
2[ mam-uh ]
noun
- Anatomy, Zoology. a structure, characteristic of mammals, that comprises one or more mammary glands with an associated nipple or teat, usually rudimentary unless developed and activated for the secretion of milk in the female after the birth of young.
- Meteorology. (used with a plural verb) the hanging protuberances of a mammatus, on the undersurface of a thunderstorm cloud:
The mamma in this formation are distinctly ominous.
mamma
1/ ˈmæmə /
noun
- the milk-secreting organ of female mammals: the breast in women, the udder in cows, sheep, etc
- functioning as plural breast-shaped protuberances, esp from the base of cumulonimbus clouds
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Example Sentences
Take, for instance, Yiddish Mamma, a young Parisian brand that peddles its wares with love and humour.
His other films include Mrs. Doubtfire, Mamma Mia, and The Thomas Crown Affair.
When Retsky showed the pathology report to William Hrushesky, his treating oncologist, the doctor exclaimed, “Mamma mia.”
Manolakos, best known for playing Sophie Sheridan in Mamma Mia!
In May 2010, an embarrassing audition tape surfaced online that Klein had shot years earlier for Mamma Mia!
They were standing over the cots in the nursery late at night, and I think that Mamma was crying softly.
The day before the steamer reached Southampton, Mamma asked her if she would not like to see the ayah again.
It was then that he heard for the first time Mamma's passionate appeal to him never to let Judy forget Mamma.
"The worst of it is that the children will grow up away from me," thought Mamma; but she did not say it aloud.
But Mamma and Papa and Judy had quitted the cab, and all the luggage was being taken into the house.
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