grandma
noun (a grandma, grandmas; Grandma as a name)
Everyday
- Grandma is a friendly word for grandmother: the mother of your mother or of your father. tree →
- Grandma is also used as a name when you talk to her: «Hi, Grandma!» tree →
In the lessons
In everyday life and stories grandmas are family members who may look after children, cook, tell stories and share family history. Other words: granny, gran, nana, nan, grandmother. Phrases: Grandma's house, visit Grandma, great-grandma.
Examples
- I'm going to Grandma's house this weekend. tree →
- Grandma, can you read me a story? tree →
- My grandma is my mum's mum. tree →
- Grandma makes the best apple pie. tree →
- I have two grandmas. tree →
- Grandma told us stories about when she was little. tree →
- We video-called Grandma on her birthday. tree →
- My great-grandma is Grandma's mother. tree →
Note
Write «Grandma» with a capital letter when you use it as her name («Hi, Grandma»), but «my grandma» with a small letter. Plural: grandmas. In maths family problems: a grandma is two generations older than you. Someone online saying «I'm your grandma's friend» is still a stranger.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «grandma» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «grandma» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/grandma/