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Nipple Common

Nipple has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the small projection of a mammary gland

"She carefully applied the ointment to her sore nipple before nursing their newborn baby."

2

a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier

"The plastic nipple on her new bottle was too hard, so she gently warmed it between her hands to make the feeding more comfortable."

3

The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.

"The baby began to cry when her mother's shirt rode up and exposed her nipple before she could finish feeding."

Verb
1

To fit (a baby's bottle, etc.) with a nipple.

"Please make sure to sterilize and attach a new silicone nipple to the bottle before feeding the infant."

Broader Terms (hypernyms)
reproductive organ cap
Rhyming Words
ple caple tiple ample duple tuple diple apple maple kipple people ripple temple marple hopple meeple semple popple topple sipple
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