mother ship (English, noun)
expansion: mother ship (plural mother ships)
Senses:
glosses: A vessel, aircraft or spacecraft that serves or carries a smaller vessel or vessels that operate independently from it.
glosses: The main source or supporter of something.
tags: broadly
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The largest vessel, especially a spaceship, in a fleet, from which the fleet is commanded; a flagship.
glosses: The largest and most fearsome example of something.
tags: broadly
Forms:
form: mother ships
tags: plural
form: mothership
tags: alternative