nursing bottle

American  

noun

1. a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.

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nursing bottle British  

noun

1. another term (esp US) for feeding bottle

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Etymology

Origin of nursing bottle

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Mrs. Arable found a baby’s nursing bottle and a rubber nipple.

From Literature

After dancing, boxing and drinking milk from nursing bottles, these trained baby pigs were “passed through the audience for the children to pet.”

From Seattle Times

On board the Sea-Watch ship, the decks filled with people, nursing bottles of water, keeping warm under silver-gold space blankets distributed by the crew.

From National Geographic

The nursing bottles were kept on a wide shelf at the edge of the fountain, where they were handy for the Storks to use.

From Project Gutenberg

To this his wife remarked, "Fiddlesticks," and began to feed Pershing from a nursing bottle.

From Project Gutenberg