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The primary use of the word "mother" is to refer to a biological or social female parent, for which see Mother. The word is also used in the following ways:

• as a metaphor:
  • source or creator, as in the phrase "Necessity is the mother of invention", or "mother country" in reference to a colony;
  • precursor, as in mother of pearl;
  • superior in hierarchy, as in "mother ship";
  • first in a person's life, as in mother tongue;
  • main or primary, as in motherboard and the "mother of all wars".
• a title or polite form of address to a spiritual mother in Christianity, such as an abbess or the wife of a priest
• Mother (neopaganism)
• Mother of vinegar
• Mother (video game)
• Mother (song) on the Pink Floyd album The Wall.

• Disambiguation pages