MOTHER LODE

Meaning of MOTHER LODE in English

1. Mining. a rich or important lode.

2. a major or profitable source or supply: New York City is a mother lode of actors.

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Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

MOTHER LODE — noun Date: 1874 the principal vein or lode of a region, a principal source or supply
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOTHER LODE — I. noun : the principal vein or lode of a region (as of gold-bearing quartz along the western foothills of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOTHER LODE — Date: 1874 1. : the principal vein or lode of a region 2. : a principal source or supply
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOTHER LODE — Function: noun Date: 1874 1 : the principal vein or lode of a region 2 : a principal source or …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MOTHER LODE — ■ noun Mining a principal vein of an ore or mineral.
Concise Oxford English vocab
MOTHER LODE — [mother lode] n (1874) 1: the principal vein or lode of a region 2: a principal source or supply
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOTHER LODE — noun [ usually sing. ] ( especially NAmE ) a very rich source of gold, silver, etc. in a mine …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTHER LODE — ˈmother lode BrE AmE , moth‧er‧lode /ˈmʌðələʊd $ -ðərloʊd/ noun [countable usually singular] American English 1 . a mine that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOTHER LODE — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The region is a mother lode of potential support for his candidacy.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOTHER LODE — главная (основная) жила
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOTHER LODE — главная (основная) жила
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
MOTHER LODE — главная (основная) жила
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
MOTHER LODE — главная (основная) жила
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LODE — County: Cambridgeshire Post Code: CB5
UK Post Codes and Counties English vocabulary
LODE — (min.) vene
English interlingue dictionary
LODE — noun see: lead Date: before 12th century waterway , an ore deposit, something that resembles a ~ ; an abundant …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOTHER — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Great Mother of the Gods Mother Jones Mother Goose Mother Lode Country Mother's Day …
Английский словарь Британика
MOTHER
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LODE — noun also load ˈlōd ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English lod, lode, from Old English lād way, course, journey, carrying, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LODE — (n.) A metallic vein; any regular vein or course, whether metallic or not.
Английский словарь Webster
LODE — (n.) A water course or way; a reach of water.
Английский словарь Webster
LODE — ( n. ) A water course or way; a reach of water.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LODE — ( n. ) A metallic vein; any regular vein or course, whether metallic or not.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTHER
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LODE — /lohd/ , n. 1. a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous. 2. any body of ore set off from adjacent rock formations. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LODE — n. vein of metal ore
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MOTHER
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LODE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lād course, support; akin to Old English līthan to go — more at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOTHER — noun an old woman or matron. 2. mother ·noun hysterical passion; hysteria. 3. mother ·vi to become like, or full …
Webster English vocab
LODE — noun a water course or way; a reach of water. 2. lode ·noun a metallic vein; any regular vein or …
Webster English vocab
LODE — [ ləʊd ] ■ noun a vein of metal ore in the earth. Origin OE lād 'way, course', var. of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MOTHER
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LODE — [lode] n [ME, fr. OE lad course, support; akin to OE lithan to go--more at lead] (bef. 12c) 1 dial …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LODE — in mining, ore body disseminated within definite boundaries in unwanted rock. See vein.
Britannica English vocabulary
MOTHER — mother, M~ BrE AmE ˈmʌð ə AmE - ə r ▷ mother|ed d ▷ mothering ˈmʌð ə r‿ɪŋ ▷ mother|s …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LODE — lode, Lode BrE AmE ləʊd AmE loʊd (= load) ▷ lodes ləʊdz AmE loʊdz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MOTHER — / ˈmʌðə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a female parent of a child or animal; a person …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LODE — / ləʊd; NAmE loʊd/ noun a line of ore (= metal in the ground or in rocks) •• WORD ORIGIN …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTHER
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LODE — lode /ləʊd $ loʊd/ BrE AmE noun [countable usually singular] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: lad 'course, support' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOTHER — n. & v. --n. 1 a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LODE — n. a vein of metal ore. [var. of LOAD]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOTHER — n. & v. n. 1 a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LODE — n. a vein of metal ore. [ var. of LOAD ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOTHER — n. & v. --n. 1. a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given …
Oxford English vocab
LODE — n. a vein of metal ore. Etymology: var. of LOAD
Oxford English vocab
MOTHER — ( mothers, mothering, mothered) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Your mother …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTHER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a proud mother/father/parent ▪ Mark is the proud father of a three-week-old baby boy. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LODE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES mother lode ▪ The Sharper Image catalog is a mother lode of men’s gadgets and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOTHER — (PARENT) [noun] [C] - a female parentMy mother was 21 when she had (= gave birth to) me.All the mothers …
Cambridge English vocab
LODE — [noun] [C] - metal in its natural form when found in a layer between other rock
Cambridge English vocab
MOTHER — n. Mother Cabrini Great Mother of the Gods Mother Jones Mother Goose Mother Lode Country Mother's Day and Father's Day …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LODE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOTHER — MOTHER, or THE MOTHER. A bawd. Mother abbess: the same. Mother midnight; a midwife. Mother in law's bit; a small …
Slang English vocab
LODE — n. [Written also Load .] Metallic vein, mineral vein.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
MOTHER — INDEX: 1. a mother 2. what you call your mother 3. the time when a woman is a mother 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
MOTHER
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LODE — сущ. 1) геол. (рудная) жила; залежь 2) магнетит, магнитный железняк (геология) (рудная) жила; жильное месторождение (геология) (американизм) жильный пояс (минералогия) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOTHER
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LODE — lode.ogg ləʋd n 1. геол. 1> (рудная) жила; жильное месторождение 2> амер. жильный пояс 2. = loadstone 3. амер. богатый …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LODE — жила; залежь - dead lode - gold-bearing lode - mother lode - ore lode - tin lode
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LODE — жила; залежь - dead lode - gold-bearing lode - mother lode - ore lode - tin lode
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
MOTHER — 1) второй оригинал матрицы 2) исходный 3) маточный 4) первичный • - mother aircraft - mother brine - mother crystal - mother liquor - mother metal - mother nucleus - mother …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LODE — залежь, рудный - lode rock
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

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