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# granny

noun (granny, grannies); also «gran», «grandma», «nan»

«granny» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A friendly, informal word for your grandmother, the mother of your mum or dad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/granny/#m1)
2. Used in some phrases for an old-fashioned or very careful style, like a «granny knot» or «granny glasses». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/granny/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and everyday life it is a warm family word that tells the reader the speaker is a child or is close to the old lady. Phrases: «Granny's house», «stay with Granny», «granny flat» (a small home for an older relative next to the family house), «granny knot» (a weak, wrong reef knot), «granny smith» (a green apple).

### Examples

- Granny bakes the best apple pie in the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/granny/#x1)
- We stay at Granny's house every summer holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/granny/#x2)
- My granny knits me a new scarf every winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/granny/#x3)
- Granny lives in a granny flat at the back of our garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/granny/#x4)
- In the story, Little Red Riding Hood takes a basket to her granny. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/granny/#x5)
- Tie a reef knot, not a granny knot, or it will slip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/granny/#x6)
- I have two grannies, one in Ireland and one in Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/granny/#x7)
- Granny Smith apples are green and sour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/granny/#x8)
- ‘It’s me, Granny, your little Golden-hood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/granny/#x9)

### Note

Plural «grannies» (y → ies). Written with a capital letter when used as a name: «Hi, Granny!», but small in «my granny». Informal; in formal writing use «grandmother». Other family words: «gran», «grandma», «nan», «nana». A «granny flat» is not a flat for every old person, it is an extra small home on a family's land.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «granny» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/granny/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«granny» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/granny.html) on Mova free.