|
Multi-word Results
extended family |
a large group of relatives related by blood, marriage, or adoption who compose a single household or live close to each other. [2 definitions] |
fact family |
in mathematics education, a group of equations in which each equation can be rearranged to produce another equation the family. |
family man |
a man who is devoted to his wife and children. |
family name |
a person's last name, as opposed to his or her given name; surname. |
family planning |
a program designed to limit the size of a household by properly spacing or preventing the birth of children. |
family room |
a large room in which a family usu. gathers for recreation, conversation, relaxation, and the like. |
family style |
using or pertaining to a method of serving food, as in a boardinghouse or some restaurants, in which dishes are passed from one person to another and each helps himself or herself. [2 definitions] |
family tree |
a diagram or chart tracing the ancestors and descendants of an individual or individuals collectively; genealogical tree. [2 definitions] |
nuclear family |
a self-contained unit consisting of a father and mother and their children living together in one household. (Cf. extended family.) |
|
|