feeding bottle | | |
n. (artifact) | 1. bottle, feeding bottle, nursing bottle | a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children. |
| ~ nipple | a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier. |
| ~ vessel | an object used as a container (especially for liquids). |
nursing bottle | | |
suckle | | |
v. (consumption) | 1. suckle | suck milk from the mother's breasts.; "the infant was suckling happily" |
| ~ drink, imbibe | take in liquids.; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda" |
| ~ eat, feed | take in food; used of animals only.; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" |
v. (consumption) | 2. breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse | give suck to.; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" |
| ~ suck | draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth.; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast" |
| ~ feed, give | give food to.; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" |
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