mom
US /mɑm/
Definition
informal terms for a mother
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
My mom picked me up from the station after work.
Synonyms
- mothera woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
- mommyinformal terms for a mother
Collocations
- Easy working momto working mom, meaning to exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
- Medium stay-at-home mom considerationsdescribing stay-at-home mom considerations (a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel)
- Hard mom and pop retail competition pressuredescribing mom and pop retail competition pressure (informal terms for a mother)
- Very Hard decimate traditional mom and pop enterprisesto decimate traditional mom and pop enterprises, meaning to kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
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