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| Main Entry: |
menage
 [mey-nahzh; Fr. mey-nazh] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family |
| Synonyms: | ancestors, ancestry, birth, blood, brood, children, clan, class, descendants, descent, dynasty, extraction, folk, forebears, genealogy, generations, genre, group, heirs and assigns, house, household, in-laws, inheritance, issue, kind, kindred, kith and kin, line, lineage, ménage, network, parentage, pedigree, people, progenitors, progeny, race, relations, relationship, relatives, siblings, strain, subdivision, system, tribe |
| Main Entry: | folk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's relations, acquaintances |
| Synonyms: | body politic, clan, community, confederation, culture group, ethnic group, family, general public, group, house, household, inhabitants, kin, kindred, lineage, masses, ménage, nation, nationality, people, population, proletariat, public, race, settlement, society, state, stock, tribe |
| Main Entry: | house |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family, ancestry |
| Synonyms: | clan, dynasty, family tree, folk, folks, household, kin, kindred, line, lineage, ménage, race, stock, tradition, tribe |
| Notes: | a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
Example Sentences
- So the film strains credulity by tossing in every imaginable friendship or fit of jealousy that this menage can hold.
- It indicates that a menage a trois can work reasonably well.
| Main Entry: | household |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domestic establishment |
| Synonyms: | family, family unit, folks, home, house, ménage |
| Main Entry: | extended family |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parents, children, and relatives |
| Synonyms: | binuclear family, kinship group, ménage, nuclear family, relations |
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