Definition of Bottle-feed

1. Verb. To feed a baby using a bottle, especially using a bottle filled with milk other than from its mother ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bottle-feed

bottarga
botte
botted
bottega
bottegas
bottes
botties
bottine
bottines
botting
bottinoite
bottle
bottle-arse
bottle-cordk
bottle-fed
bottle-feed (current term)
bottle-green
bottle-nose
bottle-nose dolphin
bottle-nosed dolphin
bottle-nosed dolphins
bottle-nosed whale
bottle-o
bottle-opener
bottle-openers
bottle-os
bottle-tree
bottle away
bottle bank

Literary usage of Bottle-feed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. RREL Hazardous Waste Research Symposium: Abstract Proceedings, 19th Annual (1993)
"Also, the feed system should be redesigned so that a more uniform bottle feed rate is achieved in the system, generating proper spacing between bottles for ..."

2. American Medicine (1913)
"... thus it is commonly held that the size of a bottle-feed in the second week should not exceed 50 cc ($ oz.). and in the 3rd week 55 cc (2 oz.). ..."

3. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"BOTTLE, FEED'INO. A bottle, provided with a projection to which an artificial nipple can be attached. Uced for feeding infants with milk. ..."

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