mummy
mummy is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.
- noun. Dried flesh of a mummy.
- noun. A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
- noun. A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
- noun. A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
- noun. One whose affections and energies are withered.
- transitive verb. To embalm; to mummify.
- noun. a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
- noun. informal terms for a mother
Synonyms
ma, mama, mamma, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mum
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