baby carriage
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1.4
- noun
- /ˈbeɪbi ˈkærɪdʒ/
- US
:
carrito de bebé
- The mother pushed the baby carriage while chatting with her friend.
Like migrants, people here are broken down to body parts, arms and backs to pick the grapes or push the baby carriages.
- Like migrants, people here are broken down to body parts, arms and backs to pick the grapes or push the baby carriages.
Examples
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The bobby nods to a woman with a baby carriage.
Fiction book (1999) -
I used to take Heather's baby carriage over to the park on days like this, she remembered.
Fiction book (1998) -
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage.
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One woman here carrying what looks like a baby carriage or some form of baby car seat.
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I'll push him in a baby carriage.
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Both young women were pushing baby carriages.
Fiction book (1990) -
Two women were pushing baby carriages just outside Hoffman-Lane, chatting between themselves while they window-shopped.
Fiction book (1996) -
She placed her baby in the baby carriage and took a stroll in the park.
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As they walked along the sidewalk, he kept an eye on the baby carriage beside him.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small folding seat on wheels that you push a baby in
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2.1
A small wheeled seat that you push to carry a baby
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1.6
A small wheeled seat for carrying a baby when you walk
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2.1
A small carriage on wheels for carrying a baby that you push
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6.5
A small four-wheeled vehicle an adult uses to push a baby
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2.5
A small wheeled vehicle for carrying things or young children
2
1.0
A small vehicle with four wheels that an adult pushes to carry a baby
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8.9
A four-wheeled carriage that you push a baby in
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1.7
A small seat on wheels for pushing a baby or small child
A small wheeled seat for pushing a baby or young child
A baby carriage that is light and easy to carry or push
How Portable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound meaning is directly and transparently derived from 'baby' (a young child) + 'carriage' (a wheeled vehicle), i.e. a vehicle for transporting a baby. This noun–noun compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand the MWE.
Etymology
Baby carriage is a simple picture: baby + carriage. People long ago used the word 'carriage' for a wheeled vehicle that could 'carry' a person or thing, so a baby carriage was a carriage made to carry a baby, and today it still means a small wheeled vehicle for pushing a baby.