NIPPLE


Meaning of NIPPLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ nɪp(ə)l ]

( nipples)

1.

The nipples on someone’s body are the two small pieces of slightly hard flesh on their chest. Babies suck milk from their mothers’ breasts through their mothers’ nipples.

Sore nipples can inhibit the milk supply.

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2.

A nipple is a piece of rubber or plastic which is fitted to the top of a baby’s bottle.

...a white plastic bottle with a rubber nipple.

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