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baby-changing station

baby-changing station noun: a baby's changing table.

baby-changing station: a baby's changing table
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Noun

baby-changing station (plural baby-changing stations)

  1. (Canada, US) A baby's changing table.
    • I sat her down on the baby-changing station.
    • It is important that everyone realizes that you are recovering from major surgery as well as from childbirth. You should get as much rest as possible and eat well. Have a baby-changing station upstairs and downstairs and have them at a height where you do not have to bend over to reach the baby.1987, Nicky Wesson, Pregnancy and Childbirth: Your Right to Have It Your Own Way, Thorsons Publishing Group, →ISBN, pages 157–158
    Synonyms:
    baby change
  2. (Canada, US) Synonym of baby change (“a room or enclosure containing a baby's changing table; (loosely) any semi-public baby-changing area”).
    • We walked into a baby-changing station.
    • Police received reports at about 8.30pm on Thursday of a fire in the baby changing station at Nicholas Everitt Park which caused damage to equipment within the facility.2025 August 4, Cameron Reid, “Dispersal order issued after multiple females spotted setting fire to rubbish at Nicholas Everitt Park, Lowestoft”, in Suffolk News
    Synonyms:
    baby change

Examples of baby-changing station in a sentence

  • Baby-changing stations, located in both the male and female restrooms, are conveniences that help parents keep everyone happy.1994, Margaret Wylde, Adrian Baron-Robbins, Sam Clark, Building for a Lifetime: The Design and Construction of Fully Accessible Homes (Fine...
  • Visitors can expect plenty of amenities at The Living Desert, including two cafe-style restaurants, two gift shops, and plenty of restrooms with baby-changing stations.2009, Liz Hamill Scott, Southern California, 4 edition, Moon Publications, →ISBN, page 163:
  • Carried him across to the baby-changing station by the window.2010, Mo Hayder, Gone, Grove Atlantic, →ISBN, page 334:
  • Just six months after initially moving through the PA House, legislation that would expand access to baby-changing stations into men's restrooms passed Tuesday. […] The State Rep.2026 April 14, Cortney Raynor, “Bill that aims to expand men’s restroom baby-changing stations passes PA House”, in WTAJ-TV:

Synonyms of baby-changing station

Forms of baby-changing station

pluralbaby-changing stations
alternative formbaby changing station

Origin of baby-changing station

From baby + changing + station.

Questions about baby-changing station

What does baby-changing station mean?
Baby-changing station means a baby's changing table.
How do you use baby-changing station in a sentence?
Baby-changing stations, located in both the male and female restrooms, are conveniences that help parents keep everyone happy.
What part of speech is baby-changing station?
Baby-changing station is a noun.
What is the plural of baby-changing station?
The plural of baby-changing station is baby-changing stations.

Words near baby-changing station in the dictionary

  1. baby-boomer
  2. baby-boomers
  3. baby-brained
  4. baby-care
  5. baby-catcher
  6. baby-changing station
  7. baby-changing stations
  8. baby-cut
  9. baby-cut carrot
  10. baby-cut carrots
  11. baby-daddies

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