Dictionary Entry
maternity
maternity is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state of being a mother; the character or relation of a mother. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The state of being a mother; the character or relation of a mother.
- 2noun
the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
"the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children"
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- 3noun
the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
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- 4noun
the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
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