CEFR B2

wet-nurse

noun

Meaning

wet-nurse means a woman hired to suckle another woman's child. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses wet-nurse to mean a woman hired to suckle another woman's child.
The teacher asked students to find wet-nurse in the reading.

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wet-nurse (B2)

noun

Definition

wet-nurse means a woman hired to suckle another woman's child. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses wet-nurse to mean a woman hired to suckle another woman's child.
The teacher asked students to find wet-nurse in the reading.

How to Use wet-nurse

a/the wet-nurse (noun pattern): Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — "The article mentioned a wet-nurse."
wet-nurse in context (usage pattern): Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — "We checked wet-nurse in context before translating it."

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