English Explanatory Dictionary

beikost

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An infant's first non-liquid food, such as mashed vegetables or applesauce, given to supplement or replace breast milk.

Word forms

beikost beikosts

Etymology

Borrowed from German Beikost (“side dish; solid food (for infants)”). Apparently first attested in English in the 1980s.

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