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bottlefeeding

Noun

Meaning

(uncountable) The act or process of feeding a (human) baby with a bottle, as:
(usually and especially) Implying (when not otherwise specified) feeding with commercial baby formula as contrasted with human breast milk.
Coordinate terms: breastfeeding, nursing

(sometimes also) Feeding with human breast milk expressed (pumped) earlier, as contrasted with feeding directly at the breast.
Hypernym: breastfeeding
Coordinate term: nursing

(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.

Such feeding (or instance thereof) for any nonhuman animal, especially lambs (orphaned or rejected) or juvenile wildlife rescues.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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