Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The main vein of ore in a region.
- n. An abundant or rich source: "the kind . . . who makes Boston the mother lode of advance men” ( David Nyhan).
Wiktionary
- n. geology A large or rich vein of gold or of another precious mineral from which other branches extend.
- n. idiomatic, by extension Any source of valuable or useful material.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the main vein of ore in a deposit
Etymologies
- Probably from Spanish veta madre ("mother lode") (Wiktionary)
Examples
“As torrential rains pelted wildfire-stripped hillsides and flooded highways, a team of scientists hunkered down at the California Institute of Technology to work on a "Frankenstorm" scenario -- a mother lode wintry blast that could potentially sock the Golden State.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘mother lode’.
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The Other
Anything with to do with the word "other," or any sort of otherness (including words with the letters o-t-h-e-r, in that order, in their definitions).
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Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV
Words from the songs of Frank Black, a.k.a. Black Francis
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a way
an ode and see
how, manner, path, mode, course, fashion, jostle, wend, easement, hardment, passage, anywise and 95 more...
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A Bazillion Imaginary Numbers
If I've told you once, I've told you a jillion times: Stop exaggerating!
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