WEDDING PRESENT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does wedding present mean? 

• WEDDING PRESENT (noun)
  The noun WEDDING PRESENT has 1 sense:

1. a present given to someone getting married

  Familiarity information: WEDDING PRESENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEDDING PRESENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A present given to someone getting married

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

wedding gift; wedding present

Hypernyms ("wedding present" is a kind of...):

present (something presented as a gift)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wedding present"):

bride-gift (a wedding present to the bride)

 Context examples 

I must tell you of my wedding present.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

They may hesitate as to an acceptable wedding present.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Next he bought Marian's wedding present, and simpler presents, suitable to Christmas, for Ruth and Gertrude.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

But my grandfather pleaded hard, for he knew the Monkeys would drown in the river with their wings tied, and Quelala said a kind word for them also; so that Gayelette finally spared them, on condition that the Winged Monkeys should ever after do three times the bidding of the owner of the Golden Cap. This Cap had been made for a wedding present to Quelala, and it is said to have cost the princess half her kingdom.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

"What I want to know is when you're going to get married. Also, you find out from your Hermann if he will deign to permit you to accept a wedding present from me."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)