mam
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Northumbria/mæm/
mam noun: mum, mom; diminutive of mother. Also the misspelling of ma'am.
Noun (1)
mam (plural mams)
- Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.
- She'd sit by the fire, arms crossed, demanding that Ruby spike her tea with a cinder. But Ruby would never give in to her demands, no matter how much her mam begged. There was no alcohol in the house now; Arthur had made sure of that in an effort to get Mary sober.2021, Glenda Young, The Miner's Lass
Noun (2)
mam (plural mams)
- A woman's breast.
- There was another teacher […] who came to class fairly often wearing a thin silk blouse and NO BRA. Her 'mams' bounced appropriately, which was of course utterly FASCINATING for every boy in the class.2002, David M. Burns, Quests, page 24
- She focused her entire mind on that moment she had shared with Shan, the softness of her mams, the wetness of her lips.2022, Craig W. Stanfill, The Prophecy of the Heron
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Mam
Mam
- A Mayan language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas and the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mam
Mam
Noun (3) capitalized: MAM
MAM (uncountable)
- Initialism of methylazoxymethanol
Also used as
mam is also the misspelling of ma'am.
Examples of mam in a sentence
- My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:nuoc mam.
- But Ruby would never give in to her demands, no matter how much her mam begged.
Synonyms of mam
Antonyms
Forms of mam
| plural | mams |
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Origin of mam
Alteration or clipping of mama. Compare Scots mam, Early Scots mame (“mother”), mamye (“wet nurse”), Saterland Frisian Määme (“mother”), West Frisian mem (“mother”). Alternatively, possibly either conserved from or influenced by earlier Brythonic language.
From mammary.
From Welsh Mam (“Mum, Mom”).
Words formed from mam
Phrases with mam
Questions about mam
- What does mam mean?
- Mam means mum, mom; diminutive of mother.
- What part of speech is mam?
- Mam can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mam?
- Mam is pronounced /mæm/ (Northumbria).
- What is the plural of mam?
- The plural of mam is mams.
Words near mam in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mam (page history and authors); Mam (page history and authors); MAM (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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