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Definition of grandmother noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

grandmother

noun
 
/ˈɡrænmʌðə(r)/
 
/ˈɡrænmʌðər/
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  1. the mother of your father or mother
    • I always loved going to visit my grandmother.
    see also gran, grandma, granny compare grandfatherTopics Family and relationshipsa1
Idioms
teach your grandmother to suck eggs
  1. (British English, informal) to tell or show somebody how to do something that they can already do well, and probably better than you can
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