teething ring
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- noun
- /ˈtiːðɪŋ rɪŋ/
:
anillo de dentición
- Yeah, bite my teething ring.
Examples
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To ease the discomfort of teething, many parents choose to buy a teething ring for their infants.
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'Not until we can afford to buy a teething ring', I says to her.
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Or was everything just a potential teething ring?
Blog text (21) -
There were toys on the floor, clean diapers that I was folding on the couch, half-finished baby bottles of water and juice on the tables, as well as teething rings and bits of wet zwieback.
Fiction book (1996) -
She gave her baby a teething ring to help soothe his sore gums.
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The teething ring was made of soft rubber, making it safe for the baby to chew on.
Synonyms
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A rubber or plastic object that a baby sucks to feel calm
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A small rubber or plastic object a baby sucks to feel calm
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A toy a baby chews to soothe sore gums
A rubber or plastic thing a baby sucks to feel calm
How Soothing
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'teething' (the process of a baby’s teeth coming through) and 'ring' (a circular object): a ring used for teething/chewing to soothe gums. This straightforward noun–noun compound and its function are cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Teething ring The name teething ring comes from a simple picture: a small ring a baby can bite when they are teething. Parents gave babies a cool ring to 'chew' and calm sore gums, so the name now means a small ring used to comfort a teething baby.