baby
♦♦ baby /b'eɪbi/ (babies)
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A baby is a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk.
My wife has just had a baby...
Claire had to dress her baby sister.
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A baby animal is a very young animal.
...a baby elephant.
...baby birds.
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Baby vegetables are vegetables picked when they are very small.
Serve with baby new potatoes.
4 [N-VOC; N-COUNT] usu sing
Some people use baby as an affectionate way of addressing someone, especially a young woman, or referring to them. (INFORMAL)
You have to wake up now, baby...
= lovebaby boom (baby booms)
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A baby boom is a period of time when a lot of babies are born in a particular place. (INFORMAL)
I'm a product of the postwar baby boom.baby boom|er /b'eɪbi buːmər/ (baby boomers)
also baby-boomer
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A baby boomer is someone who was born during a baby boom, especially during the years after the end of the Second World War. (mainly JOURNALISM INFORMAL)baby bug|gy (baby buggies)
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A baby buggy is a small folding seat with wheels, which a young child can sit in and which can be pushed around. (BRIT; in AM, use stroller)
= stroller, pushchair
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A baby buggy is another word for a baby carriage. (AM)baby car|riage (baby carriages)
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A baby carriage is a small vehicle in which a baby can lie as it is pushed along. (AM; in BRIT, use pram)baby talk
also baby-talk
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Baby talk is the language used by babies when they are just learning to speak, or the way in which some adults speak when they are talking to babies.
Maria was talking baby talk to the little one.blue baby (blue babies)
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A blue baby is a baby whose skin is slightly blue because it has been born with something wrong with its heart.de|sign|er baby (designer babies)
also designer child
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People sometimes refer to a baby that has developed from an embryo with certain desired characteristics as a designer baby. (mainly JOURNALISM)test-tube baby (test-tube babies)
also test tube baby
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A test-tube baby is a baby that develops from an egg which has been removed from the mother's body, fertilized, and then replaced in her womb in order that it can continue developing.
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A baby is a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk.
My wife has just had a baby...
Claire had to dress her baby sister.
2 [N-COUNT] usu N n
A baby animal is a very young animal.
...a baby elephant.
...baby birds.
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
Baby vegetables are vegetables picked when they are very small.
Serve with baby new potatoes.
4 [N-VOC; N-COUNT] usu sing
Some people use baby as an affectionate way of addressing someone, especially a young woman, or referring to them. (INFORMAL)
You have to wake up now, baby...
= lovebaby boom (baby booms)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
A baby boom is a period of time when a lot of babies are born in a particular place. (INFORMAL)
I'm a product of the postwar baby boom.baby boom|er /b'eɪbi buːmər/ (baby boomers)
also baby-boomer
[N-COUNT] oft N n
A baby boomer is someone who was born during a baby boom, especially during the years after the end of the Second World War. (mainly JOURNALISM INFORMAL)baby bug|gy (baby buggies)
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A baby buggy is a small folding seat with wheels, which a young child can sit in and which can be pushed around. (BRIT; in AM, use stroller)
= stroller, pushchair
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A baby buggy is another word for a baby carriage. (AM)baby car|riage (baby carriages)
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A baby carriage is a small vehicle in which a baby can lie as it is pushed along. (AM; in BRIT, use pram)baby talk
also baby-talk
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Baby talk is the language used by babies when they are just learning to speak, or the way in which some adults speak when they are talking to babies.
Maria was talking baby talk to the little one.blue baby (blue babies)
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A blue baby is a baby whose skin is slightly blue because it has been born with something wrong with its heart.de|sign|er baby (designer babies)
also designer child
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People sometimes refer to a baby that has developed from an embryo with certain desired characteristics as a designer baby. (mainly JOURNALISM)test-tube baby (test-tube babies)
also test tube baby
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A test-tube baby is a baby that develops from an egg which has been removed from the mother's body, fertilized, and then replaced in her womb in order that it can continue developing.