English Explanatory Dictionary

diaper bank

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A charitable institution that distributes diapers to those without monetary or convenient access to it.

Word forms

diaper bank diaper banks

Etymology

From diaper + bank (“a safe and guaranteed place of storage for, and retrieval of, important items or goods”). First attested 3 February 1962 (see quotations) in an article concerning an early diaper bank founded in Pinellas County, Florida, in the United States in August 1960.

Synonyms

nappy bank
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