mom cave

English

Etymology

mom + cave, after the pattern of man cave.

Noun

mom cave (plural mom caves)

1. A part of a home, typically a room, reserved specifically for a mother, in which she can relax and pursue her interests away from her family.
   • 2010 December 5, Michelle Chan, “Need a quiet hideaway? Welcome to the mom cave”, in Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa:

     Griffin said there are four essential elements to the mom cave: a place to sit, a place to store items, a place to work and a place to visit.

   • 2011 May 7, “A place to call her own”, in The Virginian-Pilot:

     Sparks of creative energy flicker in her eyes, but between the walls of her mom cave is where Colleen Zalewski really lets 'em fly.
     From a center table laden with bits and misfits - buttons, bottle caps, broken jewelry, old game pieces, fabric and picture scraps and more - the Chesapeake mom creates artist's trading cards to swap with gathered girlfriends.

   • 2012, Joanne Rock, Full Surrender, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 185:

     He banged through a back door on the lower floor, directly into the game room, which was mostly a male domain. His mother had her mom-cave upstairs.

Synonyms

• she shed

Hypernyms

• woman cave

Coordinate terms

• man cave
• mantuary