feeding cup
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of feeding cup
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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An innovative feeding cup for newborns and premature babies could save millions of lives around the world by providing them with breastmilk.
From Seattle Times
Inventors from PATH, the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s designed a feeding cup that could help prevent starvation in premature and high-risk babies in developing countries who have trouble breast-feeding.
From Seattle Times
"I had knocked a feeding cup out of a nurse's hand."
From BBC
There was the same little feeding cup.
From Project Gutenberg
An ordinary tumbler can be used by a patient lying down if it is not more than a quarter full, or a special feeding cup may be purchased.
From Project Gutenberg
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