aunt, auntie, aunty
(noun) the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
auntie (plural aunties)
Diminutive of aunt
(Asia, Africa) Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.
In some lects this is the most common spoken form for aunt.
• aunt
auntie (third-person singular simple present aunties, present participle auntying, simple past and past participle auntied)
To be or behave like the aunt of.
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Auntie
(UK, affectionate nickname) The BBC.
(Australia, affectionate nickname) The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission).
• (BBC): the Beeb, Auntie Beeb
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Source: Wiktionary
Aunt"ie, Aunt"y, n.
Definition: A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
