Meaning of mother-in-law | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The mother of one's spouse.
2. A mother-in-law apartment.
3. A mother-in-law sandwich.
4. A stepmother.
   obsolete
5. A spicy Caribbean sauce made with peppers, carrots, onions, lime juice, etc.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“For I am come to ſet a man at variance* againſt his father, ⁊ the daughter againſt her mother, and the daughter in law againſt her mother in law.”

“Odontophobia, or the fear of dental work, seems equally plausible, as does pentheraphobia - fear of the mother-in-law.”

“Do but consider, my dear Mr. Dashwood, how excessively comfortable your mother-in-law and her daughters may live on the interest of seven thousand pounds,”

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