childbearing
Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirthOf, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth.
Recorded US: Speaker: Flame, not lame Recorder: Flame, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
US/tʃˈaɪldbˌɛɹɪŋ/
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Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth.
relating to or suitable for childbirth
(figuratively, informal, not comparable)Of a woman's hips, attractively wide.
gebärfreudig
Origin
From Middle English childberyng, childbering, chyldberynge, child berynge. By surface analFrom Middle English childberyng, childbering, chyldberynge, child berynge. By surface analysis, child + bearing.
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Word family
2 related wordsRelatedchildbirth
Derivednonchildbearing
See also
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