Originally meaning a main vein in mining, the spelling “motherload” is a mistake which is probably influenced by people thinking it means “the mother of all heavy loads.”
A “lode” was originally a stream of water, but by analogy it became a vein of metal ore. A vein of mineral ore deposited between clearly demarcated layers of rock ahdictionary dot com Miners of precious metals live to find a 'lode' of gold, which they refer to as a “mother lode,” often spelled as two words, sometimes as one (neither is in the dictionary though).
Definition paraphrased from Washington State University website
A “lode” was originally a stream of water, but by analogy it became a vein of metal ore. A vein of mineral ore deposited between clearly demarcated layers of rock ahdictionary dot com Miners of precious metals live to find a 'lode' of gold, which they refer to as a “mother lode,” often spelled as two words, sometimes as one (neither is in the dictionary though).
Definition paraphrased from Washington State University website
by Real GURU November 24, 2020
Get the mother lode mug."his head full of dreams about the mother lode buried somewhere inside" (James Lee Burke, Swan Peak, 2008)
by Dominiqueb59 June 13, 2009
Get the mother lode mug.Related Words
lode
• Lode Heath School
• Loder
• lodewijk
• lodestone
• loded diper
• lodeemy
• Lodent
• loderunner
• lodestar
by arungautam007 December 20, 2009
Get the Ma ke lode mug.Clusters of peanuts, dark chocolate and seeds baked in a stream of golden honey and coconut oil; Vein of gold. Origin of something valuable or in great abundance.
by island girls March 23, 2017
Get the Mother lode mug.
A Major Lode is a particularly remarkable bowel movement. Major Lodes are usually very large and can weigh up to 100 Courics. To lay a Major Lode one must consume nothing but fast food for an extended period of time.
Shrek: “Oh I think I’m about to drop the Major Lode!”
Mario: “That’s because you’ve eaten nothing but cheesecake for three days!”
Shrek: “We’re gonna need a shovel…”
Mario: “That’s because you’ve eaten nothing but cheesecake for three days!”
Shrek: “We’re gonna need a shovel…”
by WebstersRafbot July 24, 2024
Get the Major Lode mug.Tall, Blonde, High-Pitched, moron. She is also an English teacher and watches English with lucy. Her accent is absolute trash.
by Grøtteland March 25, 2019
Get the Inger Elise Lode mug.