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mother earth

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noun

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

the land or soil.

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RELATED WORDS

Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Tellus, terra

Nearby words

Origin of mother earth

First recorded in 1580–90

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples 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