grandmother
A mother of someone's parent.
Other meanings
A female ancestor or progenitor.
In Amazonian shamanism and related contexts, a reverential name for the ayahuasca vine or brew, symbolizing its role as a wise, guiding spirit.
Synonyms
- nan
Related words
- coastal grandmother
- co-grandmother
- GILF
- god-grandmother
- grandmother cell
- grandmother clock
- grandmotherfucker
- grandmotherhood
- grandmothering
- grandmother-in-law
- grandmotherish
- grandmotherism
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "graundmodre".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “grandmother” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.