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child-bed

child-bed is the alternative form of childbed.

Meaning of childbed

Noun

childbed (countable and uncountable, plural childbeds)

  1. (uncountable) The final stage of pregnancy; confinement.
  2. (countable) The bed upon which a baby is born.

Forms of child-bed

pluralchild-beds

Questions about child-bed

What is child-bed the alternative form of?
Child-bed is the alternative form of childbed.

Words near child-bed in the dictionary

  1. child's poses
  2. child-abuser
  3. child-abusers
  4. child-bearing
  5. child-bearings
  6. child-bed
  7. child-beds
  8. child-birth
  9. child-births
  10. child-bride
  11. child-brides

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