family unit

English

Noun

family unit (plural family units)

1. A unit of people consisting of family members, distant or immediate.
   • 1972, Population Growth Symposium, No. 3: THE FAMILY UNIT‎^[1]:
   • 2015, Addiction and Its Effect on the Family Unit‎^[2]:

Hypernyms

• family
• unit

Hyponyms

• immediate family
• extended family