udder
Plural: udders
Noun
- A mammary gland, typically of a cow or goat.
- mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
- An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.
- A woman's breast.
Examples
- He tried to play UDDER, but realized he was short an ’R’ on his Scrabble rack.
- squeeze the udder to get milk
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English udder, uddyr (also as uther, iddyr), from Old English ūder (“udder; breast”), from Proto-Germanic *ūdarą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jadder (“udder”), Dutch uier (“udder”), German Euter (“udder”), Swedish juver (“udder”), Icelandic júgur (“udder”), Vedic Sanskrit ऊधर् (ū́dhar), Ancient Greek οὖθαρ (oûthar), Latin ūber.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 7
udder: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordudder: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
udder: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
udder: valid Words With Friends Word