grandmother

Definition

Examples

My grandmother lives in a small village and grows her own vegetables.

Synonyms

• grandmathe mother of your father or mother
• grannythe mother of your father or mother

Collocations

• Easy visit grandmother
  to visit grandmother, meaning to go to see a place, as for entertainment
• Medium maternal grandmother
  describing maternal grandmother (characteristic of a mother; - Dorothy Sayers)
• Hard paternal grandmother
  describing paternal grandmother (belonging to or inherited from one's father)
• Very Hard teach grandmother to suck eggs
  to teach grandmother to suck eggs, meaning to impart skills or knowledge to