"extended household" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: extended households [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} extended household (plural extended households)
  1. A household with additional members compared to a nuclear family. Related terms: support bubble
    Sense id: en-extended_household-en-noun-h87qZxEM
  2. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of people living in different places but forming a close support network, obliged to follow lockdown rules as if they belonged to a single household.
    Sense id: en-extended_household-en-noun-S0-7X7KX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68

Inflected forms

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