Associations to the word «Mater»

Wiktionary

MATER, noun. (British slang) (now) (chiefly archaic or humorous) Mother.
MATER, noun. (biology) Someone or something that mates.
MATER LECTIONIS, noun. (phonology) A consonant letter used to represent a vowel sound in Semitic scripts.

Dictionary definition

MATER, noun. An informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley