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feeding bottle

feeding bottle

1.3
A small bottle with a soft nipple for giving milk or formula to babies
  • noun
  • /ˈfiːdɪŋ ˈbɑːtl/
  • UK
translation icon : biberón
  • "I jumped on Google Patents and found that there was only one bottle like that patented that day: a baby-feeding bottle."

Examples

  • Marianne detached the feeding bottle and hurried back to his warmer.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • "No, I better not pick you up," he said, his eyes askance at the feeding bottle dangling from the pole.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The mother filled the feeding bottle with warm milk for her baby.

  • He carefully placed the feeding bottle in the baby's hand, making sure she held it properly.

  • After dinner, she washed the feeding bottle thoroughly to prepare for the next meal.

Synonyms

bottle
vsfeeding bottle
116 1.0

A container with a soft nipple used to feed milk or formula to babies

is used for feeding without implying replacement of breastfeeding
milk bottle
vsfeeding bottle
4 1.0

A bottle used to hold milk for feeding babies

includes a fitted teat for direct feeding rather than only holding milk
nursing bottle
vsfeeding bottle
1.0

A bottle with a soft nipple used to feed babies milk or formula

specifies rubber or silicone teat material rather than leaving it general

How Easy

feeding bottle
  • UK
1.3
sippy cup
  • Baby Talk
4 2.7
cup
846 1.0

Surface Forms

feeding bottle singular
feeding bottles plural

Morphology

feeding + bottle

The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'feeding' (providing food) + 'bottle' (a container), yielding a bottle used for feeding; this is a straightforward noun–noun compound describing function. The concept is common cross-linguistically (e.g., 'biberón', 'biberon', '哺乳瓶'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.

Etymology

Feeding bottle gives a clear picture: a bottle used for feeding babies, usually with a soft teat that copies a mother's nipple. So, it means 'a bottle with a teat used to give milk or formula to infants'.