English Explanatory Dictionary

childbearing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.
adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth.
  2. Of a woman's hips, attractively wide.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-childbearing.wav

Word forms

childbearing childbearings child-bearing

Etymology

From Middle English childberyng, childbering, chyldberynge, child berynge. By surface analysis, child + bearing.

Derived words

nonchildbearing
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