family; household; house; home; menage




a social unit living together

"he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"

Type of:
  • unit; social unit

Types:
  • broken home
  • nuclear family; conjugal family
  • extended family
  • foster family
  • foster home
  • menage a trois


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