child bearing

child·bear·ing

[chahyld-bair-ing]
noun
1.
the act of producing or bringing forth children.
adjective
2.
capable of, suitable for, or relating to the bearing of a child or of children: the childbearing years.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see child, bearing

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Word Origin & History

childbearing
"bringing forth of a child," also as a prp. adj., late 14c., from child + prp. of bear (v.).
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Child bearing is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary

childbearing child·bear·ing (chīld'bâr'ĭng)
n.
Pregnancy and parturition.


child'bear'ing adj.

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