plural of bon mot.

plural of bon mot.

plural of mot juste

plural of bon-mot

The mother of one's spouse. / A mother-in-law apartment. / A mother-in-law sandwich. / (dated) A stepmother.

A (human) female who has given birth to a baby; this person in relation to her child or children. / A human female who parents an adopted or fostered child.

(chiefly transitive) To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.) / (transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.

(euphemistic, mildly vulgar, slang) Motherfucker. / (euphemistic, colloquial) A striking example.

Alternative form of moth-er

(In Europe, New Zealand and parts of Australia) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each