nursing
adjective [before noun] /ˈnɜː.sɪŋ/
/ˈnɝː-/ Definition
› describes a woman who is feeding her baby with her own breast milk: Nursing mothers are advised to eat plenty of leafy green vegetables.Parents and children
(Definition of nursing adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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