noun
teat
teet
noun
1
The nipple-like projection on a mammal's udder or breast through which milk is drawn.
"The calf nuzzled at its mother's teat."
2
The soft rubber nipple on a baby's bottle.
"The bottle came with a slow-flow teat for newborns."
How to Use Teat
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe part of an animal's udder that milk comes from, or the rubber nipple on a baby bottle.
When to use it
Mostly used in a farming or medical/technical context; in casual speech "nipple" is more common for people.
Word Forms
teats plural, Teats plural
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Etymology
From Old French tete, ultimately from a very old Germanic root of imitative origin also behind the (now more vulgar) word "tit."