wife


Definition: Meaning of, wife in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / wʌɪf /

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Singular Plural
wife wives
[countable]
  1. the woman that a man is married to [↪  husband, spouse]
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wife used in phrases

  • Lot's wife
    1. in the Old Testament of the Bible, a woman who was turned into a PILLAR (= a tall upright block) of salt by God, because she disobeyed his command not to look back when she and her family were escaping from Sodom, the city that God was going to destroy
  • Wife of Bath, the
    1. a character in the poem The CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey CHAUCER . She has been married five times, and she enjoys talking about sex in a humorous way
  • ex-wife (noun)
    1. a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife
  • husband-wife privilege (noun)
    1. neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married
  • man and wife (noun)
    1. two people who are married to each other
  • trophy wife (noun)
    1. a wife who is an attractive young woman; seldom the first wife of an affluent older man
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