husbandnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhʌz.bənd/us/ˈhʌz.bənd/A1 the man that you are married to:
I've never met Fiona's husband.
More examples
- She confessed to her husband that she had sold her wedding ring.
- She met her husband through a dating agency.
- Their marriage fell apart when she found out about her husband's affair.
- The survey reveals that two-thirds of married women earn less than their husbands.
- My main aim in life is to be a good husband and father.
Idiom(s)
as husband and wife
husbandverb [ T ]
uk/ˈhʌz.bənd/us/ˈhʌz.bənd/formalto use something carefully so that you do not use all of it
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Keeping and storing things
- appropriate
- aside
- bank
- capture
- cling
- cling (on) to sth
- earmark
- lay
- maintain
- pack sth away
- put sth away
- repository
- reserve
- reserved
- storage
- store
- store sth up
- stow
- stow (sth) away
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