A live dough used as the source of starter dough, containing live (traditionally, environmentally derived) yeast and ground grains, for making sourdough, that is kept, fed and watered, and used in perpetuity in a traditional bakery or by traditional bakers.

plural of mother dough

(Christianity) The Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ.

A woman who founded (established or started) something.

plural of mother wit

plural of Mother Theresa

(paganism, archaeology) Earth Mother

Alternative form of everyone and his mother

(religion) A personification of a maternal cow worshipped as a goddess.

A nickname for Virginia.