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

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

   the mother of your father or mother

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. grandmothernoun

   A mother of someone's parent.

2. grandmothernoun

   A female ancestor or progenitor.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Grandmothernoun

   The father’s or mother’s mother.

   Etymology: grand and mother.

   Thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice. 1 Tim. i. 5.

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1. grandmother

   A grandmother is a female parent of one's mother or father, making her a second-degree direct ancestor. She is often a figure of love, care and familial bonds, taking part in raising and nurturing her grandchildren in many cultures.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

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. Alex Borstein:

   My grandmother was in line to be shot into a pit.

2. Massimo Bottura:

   Since I was a kid I was Massimo Bottura -- I was escaping from my older brother under the table in the kitchen and from down there, where my grandmother was defending me, in the meantime she was rolling pasta, i was looking at the world from another point of view. It's what we do in Osteria Francescana every day.

3. Florice Hudgins:

   I've heard from quite a few people that tell that the recipe was their grandmother's or great aunt.

4. Adele Shartzer:

   IUDs, they're very safe now, but they do have, kind of from way back, a history of less-than-safe products, and if you're talking to your aunt or your grandmother about it, that may be kind of their perception. That's not in line with what the current products are.

5. Terence Crutcher:

   It's just simply a continuation of what's been going on for years, the same culture that burned down Black Wall Street and killed innocent people and ran my great grandmother from her home with the same culture, the same police and culture that killed Terence.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=grandmother
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Grandmother
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=grandmother
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandmother