mother earth

noun

the earth regarded as the source of all animate and inanimate things.

the land or soil.

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Origin of mother earth

First recorded in 1580–90

Words nearby mother earth

mother cell, mother church, mother city, mother country, mother cyst, mother earth, mother figure, mother goddess, mother goose, mother goose rhymes, mother hen

Example sentences from the Web for mother earth

Here they lay, buried in the depths of mother-earth, which thus revenged upon them their treachery.
Black Diamonds|Mr Jkai
Her images were covered with breasts, to symbolise that she was but mother-earth, from whom mankind derived their means of life.
The Hittites|A. H. Sayce
In consequence it has a charm which the common efforts of mother-earth after grandiloquence can never possess.
The African Colony|John Buchan
He felt then that mother-earth was truly receiving him into her kindly lap.
The Scouts of Stonewall|Joseph A. Altsheler

We may say "our father-land," but we always say "our mother-earth."
The Family and it's Members|Anna Garlin Spencer