WIDOWHOOD

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The state of being a widow who has not remarried

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("widowhood" is a kind of...):

marital status (the condition of being married or unmarried)

Derivation:

widow (a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried)

Meaning:

The time of a woman's life when she is a widow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("widowhood" is a kind of...):

time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)

Derivation:

widow (a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried)