Phrase Hound found 48 phrases and 11 compound words that contain sisters. The most common are listed below. Open sisters in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 48
- three sistersThe combination of maize (corn), pole beans (Phaseolus vulgaris or climbing beans, string beans, etc.), and squash (i.e. pumpkin), especially when planted together in intertwined plantings.
- Two Sisters
- Twin Sisters
- sisters-in-lawplural of sister-in-law: A female relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:
- Seven SistersThe jungle babbler, Turdoides striata, habitually flocking in extended family groups.
- Five SistersThe five American oil companies, Standard Oil of California, Standard Oil of New Jersey, Standard Oil of New York, Texaco, and Gulf Oil, which were the first to obtain oil concessions in the Middle East.
- Sisters BeachA town in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.
- Sisters CreekA locality in Circular Head council area and the Waratah-Wynyard council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.
- Sisters of Mercyplural of Sister of Mercy: A member of a worldwide religious institute of Catholic women founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland.
- do you have any brothers or sistersUsed to ask whether someone has any siblings.
- big sistersplural of big sister: A sibling's older sister.
- blood sistersplural of blood sister: A sister by birth.
- half sistersplural of half sister: A female sibling sharing a single parent.
- little sistersplural of little sister: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see younger, sister. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- Sisters Minorplural of Sister Minor: Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
- soul sistersplural of soul sister: A fellow African American woman.
- step-sistersplural of step-sister: The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
- weird sistersplural of weird sister: A female witch.
- ugly sistersPlural of ugly sister: Any one of the stepsisters of Cinderella in that story.
- sisters before mistersA woman should prioritize her female friends over her boyfriend or husband.
- sob sistersplural of sob sister: A journalist, usually female, who writes mainly sentimental articles or has an advice column.
- co-sistersplural of co-sister: colleague ("sister" in the same craft, occupation, or society)
- full-sistersplural of full-sister: a sister born of the same parents
- kid sistersplural of kid sister: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see younger, sister. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- milk sistersplural of milk sister: A female milk sibling.
Compound words 11
- stepsistersplural of stepsister: The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
- foresistersplural of foresister: A feminist of an earlier generation.
- godsistersplural of godsister: The daughter or goddaughter of one's godparent, or the goddaughter of one's parent.
- halfsistersplural of halfsister: A female sibling sharing a single parent.
- mersistersplural of mersister: A sister who is a mermaid.
- nonsistersplural of nonsister: One who is not a sister.
- persistersplural of persister: Something that persists
- sistershipsplural of sistership: The role or position of sister.
- subsistersplural of subsister: One who subsists.
- supersistersplural of supersister: Any of a set of sisters of a haplodiploid species (e.g. honeybee, or any Hymenoptera) who are daughters of the same queen that was inseminated by a single male (drone). By contrast, full sisters of a diploid species …