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мама — meaning in English

mama

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English meaning

  • jack noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tyre.
  • ma noun An informal word for "mother".
  • mother noun A female parent.
  • motherboard noun The main circuit board inside a computer, connecting the processor, memory, and other components.
  • mum noun Mother — the common British and Irish term.
  • mummy noun A dead body preserved through embalming and wrapping, especially as practised in ancient Egypt.

Senses

мама is used for these senses in English:

  • jack (electronics) A switch for a jack plug, a jackknife switch; (more generally) a socket used to connect a device to a circuit, network etc. [from 19th c.]
  • jack A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre. [from 17th c.]
  • jack (nautical) A small ship's flag used as a signal or identifying device; a small flag flown at the bow of the vessel. [from 17th c.]
  • ma (colloquial) The landlady of a theater.
  • mother A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
  • motherboard (computer hardware) The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices.
  • mum (Commonwealth, Ireland, informal) Mother.
  • mummy (chiefly, UK, New England, usually, childish) mother.

jack — full definition

  1. noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tyre.
  2. noun The playing card ranking between the ten and the queen, showing a young page or knave.
  3. noun A socket used to plug in an electrical or audio device.
  4. noun Informal: money.
  5. verb To lift something using a mechanical jack.

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