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nipple shield

nipple shield noun: a defence for the nipple worn by a breastfeeding woman.

Noun

nipple shield (plural nipple shields)

  1. A defence for the nipple worn by a breastfeeding woman.

nipple shield meaning in Tamil

nipple shield in Tamil

முலை உறை

Forms of nipple shield

pluralnipple shields

Origin of nipple shield

From nipple + shield. First use appears c. 1799 in the writings of Michael Underwood.

Questions about nipple shield

What does nipple shield mean?
Nipple shield means a defence for the nipple worn by a breastfeeding woman.
What is nipple shield in Tamil?
Nipple shield in Tamil is முலை உறை. See Nipple shield meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nipple shield?
Nipple shield is a noun.
What is the plural of nipple shield?
The plural of nipple shield is nipple shields.

Words near nipple shield in the dictionary

  1. nipple mouse
  2. nipple of Venus
  3. nipple pastie
  4. nipple pasties
  5. nipple pasty
  6. nipple shield
  7. nipple shields
  8. nipple wrench
  9. nipple wrenches
  10. nipple-confused
  11. nipple-dilated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nipple shield (page history and authors); nipple shield (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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