NUCLEAR FAMILY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner

Synonyms:

conjugal family; nuclear family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("nuclear family" is a kind of...):

family; home; house; household; menage (a social unit living together)

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