Mummy

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To embalm; mummify.
  • noun. A mummychog.
  • noun. A dead human body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptian preparation for burial.
  • noun. The substance of a mummy; a medicinal preparation supposed to consist of the substance of mummies or of dead bodies; hence, a medicinal liquor or gum in general. Also mummia. See first quotation under mummia.
  • noun. In horticulture, a kind of wax used in grafting and planting trees.
  • noun. A brown color prepared from the asphalt taken from Egyptian mummies, and used as an oil-color by artists.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • noun. a brown color, nearly intermediate in tint between burnt umber and raw umber. A pigment of this color is prepared from bitumen, etc., obtained from Egyptian tombs.
  • noun. wheat found in the ancient mummy cases of Egypt. No botanist now believes that genuine mummy wheat has been made to germinate in modern times.
  • noun. to beat to a senseless mass; to beat soundly.
  • transitive verb. To embalm; to mummify.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A child's term for mother.
  • noun. An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians.
  • noun. Any naturally preserved human or animal body.
  • noun. A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh.
  • noun. A pulp.
  • verb. To mummify.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. informal terms for a mother
  • noun. a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
  • Word Usage
    "I think a mummy is absolutely hilarious!!! the mummy & skeleton show episode 1"
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    mummied  mummying  
    Hypernym
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    chummy  crummy  dummy  gummi  gummy  
    Same Context
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    ashes  biscuit  body  bone  bones  
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