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mother lode
1. In mining, the main source of a mineral in given area. We haven't hit the mother lode of silver quite yet—but we will!
2. By extension, an abundance of something. I wasn't looking to expand my record collection, but I sure hit the mother lode when I cleaned out my parents' attic! It's an exciting time to be a researcher in this field, as a mother lode of new data was recently released.
a mother lode of something
(American) a large collection of a particular type of thing His collection of letters and papers is a mother lode of information for writers and journalists.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Rudy | | ROO-dee | English |
Angelika | | ahn-GE-lee-kah (German), ahn-ge-LEE-kah (Polish) | German, Polish, Slovak, Czech |
Avihu | | - | Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew |
Mayur | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati |
Sheherazade | | - | Literature |
ÁDhamh | | - | Irish |