mother-in-law Definition
mother-in-law (-in lô′)
noun pl. moth′ers-in-law′
the mother of one's husband or wife
mother-in-law Synonyms
mother-in-law Usage Examples
Converse of object
- love: Also a loving and much loved mother-in-law, grandma and great grandma.
- have: Maybe he had a wife and family to support, we know he had a mother-in-law.
- call: Wife 1.0 also has a rather annoying pop-up called Mother-in-Law, which can't be turned off.
- invite: Jennifer has apparently invited former mother-in-law Jane Pitt to the wedding even tho a date has yet to be set.
- get: Got any mother-in-law jokes you'd like to share with us?
- interfere: Her distant and cruel husband, interfering mother-in-law and disapproving mother watch her every move.
Adjective modifier
- loving: Much loved mom of Stephen, Kevin, Karen, Mandy and Paul, loving mother-in-law, grandma and great-grandma.
- former: Jennifer has apparently invited former mother-in-law Jane Pitt to the wedding even tho a date has yet to be set.
- future: Spot the future mother-in-law at the end of the table trying to fathom what the hell her beautiful son has let himself in for.
- late: I am dedicating this fight to my late mother-in-law.
- new: What can I say about my new mother-in-law that Les Dawson hasn't already?
- prospective: He finds himself facing a big obstacle in the shape of his prospective mother-in-law.
Modifies a noun
- joke: This really could be the genesis of the fat mother-in-law joke, " one of the team breathlessly asserted.
- Mrs: The story revolves around upper-class Adela Quested who is accompanied to India by her future mother-in-law Mrs Moore.
Possessives
- house: Or my mother-in-law's house by the sea in Cornwall.
- garden: These particular fruits are from a small bush growing by the fence in my mother-in-law's garden.
- birthday: But a while ago, in Vivienne's absence, I baked a cake for my mother-in-law's birthday.
Preposition: of
co-owner: The intimidation culminated in the theft of the remains of Gladys Hammond, mother-in-law of co-owner Christopher Hall, from her grave in Yoxall.
Preposition: from
hell: Mrs Rothwell is truly the mother-in-law from Hell - a busybody and a tyrant.
Browse dictionary entries near mother-in-law
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