Meaning & use
grandmother
The mother of one's father or mother.
See it in a sentence
My grandmother bakes a fresh apple pie every single Sunday afternoon without fail.
He still keeps the letters his grandmother wrote him during the war.
A note on using this word
The informal terms 'grandma,' 'granny,' and 'nana' are common regional variations.
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