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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

n.

husband's mother, wife's mother, mother by marriage, mater-in-law*; see relative.

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.