Noun

1. A woman whose husband has died (and has not re-married); feminine of widower.
2. A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.
   • 1988, Emily Parry, "For a Bowling Widow, a Split Isn't Just Two Lonely Pins," New York Times, 27 Nov.,

     I had been feeling like a bowling-alley widow, but knew he loved the game, so I suggested we join a mixed league.

3. A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.
4. type of venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus

Related terms

• widower

• widowhood

Verb

1. To make a widow (or widower) of someone; to cause the death of one's spouse.