widow (noun)

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• widow woman — noun a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried • Syn: ↑widow • Derivationally related forms: ↑widowhood (for: ↑widow), ↑widow (for: ↑widow) …   Useful english dictionary

• widow — ► NOUN 1) a woman who has lost her husband by death and has not married again. 2) humorous a woman whose husband is often away participating in a specified sport or activity: a golf widow. ► VERB (be widowed) ▪ become a widow or widower. ORIGIN… …   English terms dictionary

• widow bird — noun mostly black African weaverbird • Syn: ↑whydah, ↑whidah • Hypernyms: ↑weaver, ↑weaverbird, ↑weaver finch • Member Holonyms: ↑Vidua, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• widow's chamber — noun : the bedchamber apparel and furniture passing to the widow of a freeman of London by a custom formerly recognized in English law * * * widow s chamber noun The clothes and bedroom furniture of the widow of a London freeman, to which she was …   Useful english dictionary

• widow's peak — noun a V shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead • Hypernyms: ↑point, ↑tip, ↑peak • Part Holonyms: ↑hairline * * * ˌwidow s ˈpeak 7 [widow s peak widow s peaks] …   Useful english dictionary

• widow — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ grieving ▪ elderly, middle aged, old, young ▪ rich, wealthy ▪ poor …   Collocations dictionary

• widow — noun (C) 1 a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again: Mr Castle s widow, Anne, described the sentence as obscene . 2 football widow/golf etc widow humorous a woman whose husband spends all his free time watching football,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• widow bewitched — noun chiefly dialect : a woman separated from her husband : grass widow 2 * * * widow bewitched, Informal. a grass widow …   Useful english dictionary

• widow's bench — noun (historical) A widow s share of her husband s estate besides her jointure • • • Main Entry: ↑widow …   Useful english dictionary

• widow — noun 1》 a woman who has lost her husband by death and has not married again.     ↘humorous a woman whose husband is often away participating in a specified sport or activity: a golf widow. 2》 Printing a last word or short last line of a paragraph …   English new terms dictionary

• widow's weeds — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ black clothes worn by a widow in mourning. ORIGIN weeds is used in the obsolete sense «garments» and is from Old English …   English terms dictionary