NURSING BOTTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nursing bottle mean? 

• NURSING BOTTLE (noun)
  The noun NURSING BOTTLE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: NURSING BOTTLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NURSING BOTTLE (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bottle; feeding bottle; nursing bottle

Hypernyms ("nursing bottle" is a kind of...):

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Meronyms (parts of "nursing bottle"):

nipple (a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier)