baby-bottle nipple
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- 1 baby-bottle nipple、bottle teat
- 2 pacifier、dummy [British English]
This word refers to a nipple-shaped baby item meant for sucking. It most commonly means the nipple or teat fitted to a baby bottle, but it can also refer to a pacifier in some contexts.
baby-bottle nipple、bottle teat
The soft nipple or teat attached to a baby bottle for feeding.
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ล้างจุกนมให้สะอาด láaŋ cùk nom hây sa àat wash the bottle nipple thoroughly ล้างจุกนมให้สะอาด details
pacifier、dummy [British English]
It can also mean a pacifier that a baby sucks for comfort rather than feeding.
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เอาจุกนมให้ลูก aw cùk nom hây lûuk Give the baby a pacifier. เอาจุกนมให้ลูก details
Learning notes
Explanation
จุกนม combines จุก, referring to a stopper or small fitted piece, with นม, meaning “milk” or “breast.” Its central meaning is the nipple or teat fitted to a baby bottle. Depending on the context, it may also refer to a pacifier. The general classifier อัน is commonly used when counting these items.
Usage
It is commonly used when discussing feeding supplies or buying, replacing, washing, and sterilizing bottle nipples. It may also appear when talking about a pacifier used to soothe a baby.
Caution
Do not normally use จุกนม for a person's nipple; the usual word is หัวนม. The bare word จุกนม can also be ambiguous between a bottle nipple and a pacifier. Use จุกนมหลอก or จุกหลอก when you need to make “pacifier” explicit.