TEAT


Meaning of TEAT in English

/ tiːt; NAmE / noun

1.

( BrE ) ( NAmE nip·ple ) the rubber part at the end of a baby's bottle that the baby sucks in order to get milk, etc. from the bottle

2.

one of the parts of a female animal's body that the young animals suck in order to get milk

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English (superseding earlier tit woman's breast or nipple ): from Old French tete , probably of Germanic origin.

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