mummy
IPA: mˈʌmi
noun
- (countable) An embalmed human or animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native American tribes.
- (countable, by extension) A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films.
- (countable, by extension) Any naturally preserved human or animal body.
- (countable, uncountable, now rare) A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.
- (uncountable, now rare) A pulp.
- (uncountable, medicine, now historical) A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh.
- (uncountable, horticulture, obsolete) A sort of wax used in grafting.
- (chiefly UK, usually childish) mother.
- (colloquial, childish) One's mother.
verb
- (transitive, dated) To mummify.
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Examples of "mummy" in Sentences
- The radiation awakens the mummy.
- Did the mummy exist before the trip
- The mask of the male mummy is gilded.
- The mummy was removed and incinerated.
- He orders the mummy to kidnap the woman.
- The plot is similar to that of The Mummy 2.
- Then the mummy was buried and the tomb sealed.
- The sad, wistful gaze is typical of mummy portraits.
- This was the only mummy to reach the Smithsonian from the site.
- The mummy is removed and burnt by the Royal Anthropological Institute.