nursing mother

noun

a mother who is breast-feeding her baby

a biblical name for foster mother

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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.

To stew in a sauce for a long time.

To cook in water, just below boiling temperature.

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Words nearby nursing mother

nurse shark, nursing, nursing bottle, nursing father, nursing home, nursing mother, nursing officer, nursling, nurturance, nurture, NUS

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Example sentences from the Web for nursing mother

Superbly and exceptionally endowed and fitted for her end, Violet had refused the task of nursing-mother.
The Combined Maze|May Sinclair
(Thus) I alone am different from other men, but I value the nursing-mother (the Tao).
Tao Teh King|Lao-Tze
The too good opinion man has of himself is the nursing-mother of all false opinions, both public and private.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
Oxford has always been a nursing-mother of polished satirists.
Collections and Recollections|George William Erskine Russell

England, on the other hand, was the pioneer of civilization, and the nursing-mother of missionary enterprise.
Hyacinth|George A. Birmingham

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