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NURSING BOTTLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children
Synonyms:
bottle; feeding bottle; nursing bottle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("nursing bottle" is a kind of...):
vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))
Meronyms (parts of "nursing bottle"):
nipple (a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier)