MOTHER-IN-LAW (mothers-in-law)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mother-in-law mean? 

• MOTHER-IN-LAW (noun)
  The noun MOTHER-IN-LAW has 1 sense:

1. the mother of your spouse

  Familiarity information: MOTHER-IN-LAW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOTHER-IN-LAW (noun)

Meaning:

The mother of your spouse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mother-in-law" is a kind of...):

in-law; relative-in-law (a relative by marriage)

female parent; mother (a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother))

Instance hyponyms:

Naomi; Noemi (the mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament)