diaper

Plural: diapers

Noun

garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures
An absorbent garment worn by a baby, by a young child not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is often also incontinent; a nappy.
A textile fabric having a repeating pattern, especially of diamonds, formed by alternating directions of thread.
A towel or napkin made from such fabric.
A menstrual pad.
A repeating pattern in gilding or low relief, used as surface decoration for a flat surface and consisting of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.
A repeating geometrical or floral pattern, used to cover the surface of a shield and forming the ground for any charges.
The repeating pattern, especially of small diamonds, used as the ground for a fabric or textile.

Verb

Verb Forms: diapered, diapering, diapers

To put a diaper on a baby.
To put diapers on someone.
To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.

Examples

Diapering a baby is something you have to learn fast.
He had to DIAPER his ego after losing to a rookie player in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English dyaper, from Old French dyapre, diaspre, from Medieval Latin diaspra, diasprum from Byzantine Greek δίασπρος (díaspros, adjective), from δια- (dia-, “across”) + ἄσπρος (áspros, “white”).

Synonyms

napkin, nappy

Scrabble Score: 9

diaper: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
diaper: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
diaper: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

diaper: valid Words With Friends Word