(countable) The method in which individuals are grouped together into families that live together. / (countable) A group of individuals who are related by blood and/or by marriage.

A unit of people consisting of family members, distant or immediate.

plural of family unit

The quality of being family-friendly.

(slang, humorous) Empty seats at a theater, circus, etc., representing tickets that the venue failed to sell.

(dated, historical) A large, old-fashioned model of umbrella. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see family, roof.

plural of word family

(linguistics, lexicography, language teaching) A set of etymologically related words consisting of a single word with its inflections and derivations, such as walk, walked, walks, walking, walkings, walker, walkers, walkies, walkable, walkathon.

An adult female with a spouse and children to whose well-being she is dedicated.

Synonym of parental leave