mater
(noun) an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mater (plural maters or matres)
(British slang, now, chiefly, archaic or humorous) Mother.
(anatomy) A meninx; the dura mater, arachnoid mater, or pia mater of the brain.
mater (plural maters)
(biology) Someone or something that mates.
mater (plural maters)
Alternative form of 'mater (“tomato”)
• METAR, armet, metra, ramet, tamer, terma, trema, trĂ©ma
Source: Wiktionary
Ma"ter, n. Etym: [L., mother. See Mother.]
Definition: See Alma mater, Dura mater, and Pia mater.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
