childbed
Plural: childbeds
Noun
- The period during and immediately after childbirth.
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- The final stage of pregnancy; confinement.
- The bed in which a baby is born.
Examples
- Her strategy was in its CHILDBED phase, slowly developing into a formidable plan.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English child bed; equivalent to child + bed.
Synonyms
confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail
Scrabble Score: 17
childbed: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordchildbed: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
childbed: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 19
childbed: valid Words With Friends Word