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# mummy

noun (a mummy, mummies)

«mummy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ, informal) A child's word for mother; in the USA it is «mommy». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummy/#m1)
2. A dead body kept from rotting long ago, often wrapped in cloth, as in ancient Egypt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummy/#m2)
3. (stories) A scary monster in films, a wrapped body that walks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummy/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life small children call their mother «Mummy». In history and science lessons, mummies tell us how ancient Egyptians lived and what they believed. In Halloween stories a mummy is a spooky character. Phrases: Mummy and Daddy, an Egyptian mummy, mummy's boy.

### Examples

- Mummy, can I have a biscuit? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummy/#x1)
- My baby sister cries for her mummy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummy/#x2)
- We saw an Egyptian mummy at the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummy/#x3)
- The mummy was wrapped in long strips of linen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummy/#x4)
- Scientists used X-rays to look inside the mummy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummy/#x5)
- He dressed up as a mummy with toilet paper for Halloween. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummy/#x6)
- Mummies were buried with food and treasures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummy/#x7)
- “Not quite empty, mummy,” Slightly said, after looking into an imaginary mug. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummy/#x8)

### Note

Plural: mummies (y to ies). As a name for your mother it has a capital: «Mummy said yes.» US children say Mommy, UK children say Mummy or Mum. Myth: mummies did not really come alive; that is only in stories. «Mummy's boy» is a teasing phrase.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mummy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mummy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mummy.html) on Mova free.