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breastling

breastling noun: a suckling babe or child.

Noun

breastling (plural breastlings)

  1. (rare) A suckling babe or child.
    Synonyms:
    suckling

Synonyms of breastling

Forms of breastling

pluralbreastlings

Origin of breastling

From breast + -ling.

Questions about breastling

What does breastling mean?
Breastling means a suckling babe or child.
What part of speech is breastling?
Breastling is a noun.
What is the plural of breastling?
The plural of breastling is breastlings.

Words near breastling in the dictionary

  1. breastless
  2. breastlessness
  3. breastlift
  4. breastlifts
  5. breastlike
  6. breastling
  7. breastlings
  8. breastmilk
  9. breastmilks
  10. Breaston
  11. breastpin

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