bottlefeeding
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[edit]bottlefeeding (countable and uncountable, plural bottlefeedings)
- (uncountable) The act or process of feeding a (human) baby with a bottle, as:
- (usually and especially) Implying (when not otherwise specified) feeding with commercial baby formula as contrasted with human breast milk.
- Coordinate terms: breastfeeding, nursing
- (sometimes also) Feeding with human breast milk expressed (pumped) earlier, as contrasted with feeding directly at the breast.
- Hypernym: breastfeeding
- Coordinate term: nursing
- (usually and especially) Implying (when not otherwise specified) feeding with commercial baby formula as contrasted with human breast milk.
- (countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.
- Such feeding (or instance thereof) for any nonhuman animal, especially lambs (orphaned or rejected) or juvenile wildlife rescues.
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[edit]Related terms
[edit]- baby bottle (feeding bottle)
- bottle-feed (verb)