Thesaurus: mummy

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1. n. A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.
2. n. Dried flesh of a mummy.
3. n. A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
4. n. A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
5. n. A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
6. n. One whose affections and energies are withered.
7. v. t. To embalm; to mummify.
8. n. informal terms for a mother
9. n. a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
10. n:100 n. a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)