bottlefeeder
bottlefeeder noun: one who feeds an infant or baby animal with a bottle.
Noun
bottlefeeder (plural bottlefeeders)
- One who feeds an infant or baby animal with a bottle.
- One group of researchers (see page 11) have found that at eight days breastfeeders were more likely than bottlefeeders to kiss, rock and touch their babies while feeding and to talk to the babies between sucking bouts, […]1982, Máire Messenger, The Breastfeeding Book, Van Nostrand Reinhold, →ISBN, page 15
- No matter how strong a mother's reason, there is always someone ready to second-guess her, though they may at the same time deny that that's what they're doing — as in this case of on-line criticism of a bottlefeeder by her breastfeeding in-law: […]1995, Peggy Robin, Bottlefeeding Without Guilt: A Reassuring Guide for Loving Parents, Prima, →ISBN, page 68
Forms of bottlefeeder
| plural | bottlefeeders |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bottle-feeder |
| alternative form | bottle feeder |
Origin of bottlefeeder
From bottle + feeder.
Questions about bottlefeeder
- What does bottlefeeder mean?
- Bottlefeeder means one who feeds an infant or baby animal with a bottle.
- What part of speech is bottlefeeder?
- Bottlefeeder is a noun.
- What is the plural of bottlefeeder?
- The plural of bottlefeeder is bottlefeeders.
Words near bottlefeeder in the dictionary
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