nuclear family

2 definitions found

nuclear family - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  nuclear family \nuclear family\ n.
     A family consisting of parents and their children and
     grandparents of a marital partner.
     [WordNet 1.5]

nuclear family - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nuclear family
      n 1: a family consisting of parents and their children and
           grandparents of a marital partner [syn: nuclear family,
           conjugal family]