English Explanatory Dictionary

breastsleeping

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practice where a mother cosleeps with her baby while breastfeeding.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of breastsleep

Word forms

breastsleeping

Etymology

Compound of breast + sleeping. Coined by American biological anthropologist James J. McKenna in 2014.

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