Definitions for grandmother
ˈgrænˌmʌð ər, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-grand·moth·er

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nannanoun

   the mother of your father or mother

Wiktionary(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. grandmothernoun

   A mother of someone's parent.

2. grandmothernoun

   A female ancestor or progenitor.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Grandmothernoun

   the mother of one's father or mother

Matched Categories

1. • Grandparent

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'grandmother' in Nouns Frequency: #2281

How to pronounce grandmother?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say grandmother in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of grandmother in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of grandmother in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of grandmother in a Sentence

1. Jim Faust:

   Modern poinsettias are not your grandmother’s plants. Breeding has dramatically improved their consumer performance, back in the day, growers would place ferns or pine boughs in the pot along with the poinsettia to provide greenery, because the poinsettia leaves would fall off so quickly. Today’s poinsettias will last well into January if watered properly and provided enough sunlight.

2. Charles Barkley:

   That just clutters my house, i used to keep it at my grandmother's house, but they all passed away, and I don't want that stuff crapping up my house.

3. Mitzi Clayton:

   The student asked several times if he could take his grandmother to prom. He was told no.

4. Whitney Miller:

   We appreciate Rep. McSally taking the lead on this issue to right this injustice for military trailblazers who were ahead of their time, this was our grandmother’s last wish and we want to see this through. Not only was she a national hero, she was our family’s hero.

5. Chris Christie:

   My grandfather was gone, and my grandmother had to take three buses every day to go to work and my mother had to raise her two younger siblings, and they were abjectly poor.

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