toddler

«toddler» in Mova's school dictionary: A young child who has just learned to walk, usually about… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a toddler, toddlers)

meaning for a pupil

A young child who has just learned to walk, usually about one to three years old. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety: toddlers explore by touching and putting things in their mouths, so keep small objects, button batteries, medicines and cleaning products away; use stair gates; never leave a toddler alone near water, even a bath. As an older child you can help by closing gates, picking up small toys and telling an adult if a toddler is in danger. Phrases: toddler group, a toddler's tantrum, toddler gate, from toddler to teenager.

examples

• My baby brother is a toddler now. tree →
• Toddlers wobble when they walk. tree →
• Keep small toys away from toddlers — they could choke. tree →
• A toddler can drown in very shallow water. tree →
• The toddler had a tantrum in the shop. tree →
• Close the stair gate so the toddler can't fall. tree →
• Toddlers love to copy what older children do. tree →
• We go to a toddler group on Fridays. tree →

note

Countable: toddlers. From the verb «toddle» — to walk with short, wobbly steps. Order of ages: baby, toddler, child, teenager, adult.

In the corpora

• Small pieces are a choking danger for babies and toddlers, which is why boxes warn about children under three.
• "The terrible twos" means the difficult stage of a toddler around age two.
• Babies and toddlers need a safety gate at the top and bottom of the stairs.
• Empty buckets after use, because a toddler can fall headfirst into one and drown.
• Toddlers fall against the sharp corners of tables, so they need watching and grown-ups can fit corner guards.

Trees and pragmatics

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