nappy

«nappy» in Mova's school dictionary: A thick soft pad of cloth or paper worn by babies around… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a nappy, nappies; US diaper)

meaning for a pupil

(UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A thick soft pad of cloth or paper worn by babies around their bottom to catch their wee and poo. tree →

sense in the lessons

In family life and caring for babies: «change a nappy», «a wet nappy», «nappy rash». In science and environment lessons: disposable nappies make a lot of rubbish, so some families use washable cloth ones. In the USA and Canada people say «diaper».

examples

• Mum is changing the baby's nappy. tree →
• My little brother still wears a nappy at night. tree →
• Put the dirty nappy in the bin. tree →
• The baby has nappy rash, so we use cream. tree →
• Cloth nappies can be washed and used again. tree →
• We packed nappies and wipes for the trip. tree →

note

Plural «nappies» (y → ies). British word; American and Canadian English say «diaper». Old meaning: in some American speech «nappy» is a word about curly hair and can be rude, so be careful.

In the corpora

• Babies wear nappies, which are changed six to ten times a day, and nappy cream stops sore skin.
• Babies try to eat creams and wipes, so nappy cream, wipes and lotion are kept out of their reach.
• In Galway, Nuala changes her baby brother's nappy while Mam's in the shower.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «nappy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.