mother lode

mother lode

noun

Definition of MOTHER LODE

1

: the principal vein or lode of a region

2

: a principal source or supply

Examples of MOTHER LODE

1. <the university has long been a mother lode of athletic talent, with many alumni joining the rarefied ranks of the professionals>

First Known Use of MOTHER LODE

1874

Related to MOTHER LODE

Synonyms: argosy, cornucopia, gold mine, mine, treasure trove, wellspring

Related Words: armory, repository, stockpot, store, storehouse, treasure-house; cache, hoard, stash; bonanza, Golconda, gravy train, honeypot

Near Antonyms: black hole, sinkhole

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Rhymes with MOTHER LODE

à la mode, antipode, carbo-load, discommode, down the road, eigenmode, electrode, episode, frontage road, front-end load, hit the road, impastoed, incommode, internode, Kozhikode, microcode, Nesselrode, object code, palinode, penal code, pigeon-toed, service road, sinus node, trematode, wagonload