mummy definizione dal dizionario inglese italiano

Definizione monolingua

mummy

mummy (third-person singular simple present mummies, present participle mummying, simple past and past participle mummied)

1. (dated, transitive) To mummify.

mummy (plural mummies)

1. (historical) A substance used in medicine prepared from mummified flesh.
   • 1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge 1978, p. 253:

     Yet another scatological medicament was obtained from mummy, the material derived from a dried or embalmed human corpse, the most valuable being that imported from Mizraim (ancient Egypt).

2. (archaic) A pulp.
3. An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians.
4. Any naturally preserved human or animal body.

Definizione dizionario mummy

	mummia
	embalmed corpse
	An embalmed corpse.

	mamma
	childs term for '''mother'''

Altri significati:

(historical) A substance used in medicine prepared from mummified flesh.

Any naturally preserved human or animal body.

(chiefly UK, usually childish) A child's term for mother .

(dated, transitive) To mummify.

(archaic) A pulp.

An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians.