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Nipple

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Noun

1. mamilla, mammilla, nipple, pap, teat, tit

the small projection of a mammary gland

2. nipple

a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier

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Nipple

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noun
1. Also called: mamilla, papilla, teat
the small conical projection in the centre of the areola of each breast, which in women contains the outlet of the milk ducts
▶ Related adjective: mamillary
2. 
something resembling a nipple in shape or function
3. Also called: grease nipple
a small drilled bush, usually screwed into a bearing, through which grease is introduced
4. US and Canadian an informal word for dummy (sense 11)

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Nipple

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noun
1. 
the small protuberance on a breast or udder through which, in the female, the milk passes in suckling the young; teat
2. 
an artificial teatlike part, as of rubber, in the cap of a baby's nursing bottle
3. 
any projection, part, or thing resembling the nipple of a breast in shape or function
; specif.,
a. 
a short piece of pipe with both ends threaded
b. 
a projection with a small opening through which a liquid or grease can be forced

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Nipple

see synonyms of nipple
n.
1.
a. The small projection near the center of the mammary gland containing the outlets of the milk ducts through which young mammals obtain milk from the adult female; a teat.
b. A corresponding projection of the male breast.
2.
a. The rubber cap on a bottle from which a baby nurses.
b. A pacifier for an infant.
3. Any of various devices functioning like or resembling a nipple, especially:
a. A regulated opening for discharging a liquid, as in a small stopcock.
b. A pipe coupling threaded on both ends.
c. A short extension of pipe to which a nozzle can be attached.
d. A small projection through which grease in a grease gun can be forced into a bearing.
4. A natural or geographic projection resembling a nipple, as a mountain crest.

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