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- 1. archaic term for childbirth
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: the condition of a woman in childbirth. Examples of childbed in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the WebAfter the violence of the childbed, women were then expected to perform domestic labor that was expressly gendered and acknowledged as backbreaking.—Time, 20 Jan. 2023.
the act of giving birth to a baby: in childbed The wife probably died in childbed. Fewer examples. She gave birth to a daughter, but died in childbed, and the infant did not outlive her mother by many days. Brown seaweed soup is known as good for a woman in childbed, because it contains a lot of calcium.
Childbed definition: the circumstance or situation of a woman giving birth to a child; parturition. See examples of CHILDBED used in a sentence.
the circumstance or situation of a woman giving birth to a child; parturition. to lie in childbed. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin.
Define childbed. childbed synonyms, childbed pronunciation, childbed translation, English dictionary definition of childbed. n. The condition of a woman in the process of giving birth.
noun. The condition of a woman who is giving birth. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (uncountable) The final stage of pregnancy; confinement. Wiktionary. (countable) The bed in which a baby is born. Wiktionary. Synonyms: lying-in. travail. confinement. labour. labor. parturiency. Other Word Forms of Childbed. Noun. Singular: childbed.
noun. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child. synonyms: confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail. see more.
