teether
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- noun
- /ˈtiːðər/
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mordedor
- Flannels, bibs, dummies, bows, white teethers, leggings, muslins, clothes I still haven't hung up yet.
Examples
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But also things like teethers, anything that kind of goes in the mouth, anything that gets dropped on the floor, sterilize.
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If your child has difficulty cutting their teeth, give them cucumbers, carrots, or even sour pickles inside of a mesh teether.
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The taste of the food inside the teether will keep your child using this teether longer than other types of relief.
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The taste of the food inside the teether will keep your child using this teether longer than other types of relief.
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If your child is miserable from teething, you could try to put cucumbers, carrots, or even sour pickles into a mesh teether.
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In the United States, however, the use of DEHP in the manufacturing of toys, baby rattles, and teethers has been discontinued and is no longer used in food wrap products (ATSDR, 2002), which may not be the case in other countries.
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The baby happily chewed on the teether to soothe her sore gums from teething.
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Parents often keep a teether in the diaper bag for their infants to use while on the go.
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When he started teething, his favorite teether was a soft, colorful ring that he could easily hold.
Synonyms
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A small ring that babies chew to soothe sore gums
How Soothing
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Morphology
Etymology
Teether comes from teethe (which means 'to grow teeth') plus the ending -er, which can mean 'something for', so a teether is a small toy or object a baby bites to help soothe gums when new teeth are coming in.