Plural of teat

Forms of teat

Teats in a sentence

• They don’t have teats, so the mothers express their milk onto their bellies for their young to feed.2018 March 15, Kelsey Munroe, “Platypus milk: unlikely weapon in fight against superbugs”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on…. From the entry express
• The bare teats of the human females bored out from this two-dimensional undergrowth like the barrels of lactifluous guns.1997, Will Self, Great Apes, A&C Black, published 2011, page 385. From the entry lactifluous
• I drove each cow into the empty bail, chained her in, roped the outer hind leg then washed and massaged the udder and teats.2011, Bob Ellis, Hush Now, Don't Cry, page 153. From the entry bail
• He brought me a pail and a stool, and held out the round tin of dubbin for me to grease the teats.1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 295. From the entry dubbin
• In spite of the frequent milking the swelling of the lower parts of the udder and the teats did not subside; instead, it developed into acute mammitis and thelitis.1935, The Philippine Journal of Animal Industry, volumes 1-2, page 171. From the entry thelitis

Meaning of teat

1. noun The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
2. noun Something resembling a teat, such as a small protuberance or nozzle.
3. noun An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants.

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Questions about the plural of teat

What is the plural of teat?

The plural of teat is teats.

Is teat countable?

Teat is a countable noun.