baby carriage (noun)

  • 41push — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act of pushing ADJECTIVE ▪ big, hard ▪ gentle, little, slight VERB + PUSH ▪ give sb/sth …

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  • 42hood — [ hud ] noun count * 1. ) the part of a coat or jacket that covers your head: You can always put your hood up if it rains. a ) a piece of cloth that can be pulled over a person s head and face: The robbers were wearing black hoods. b ) a piece of …

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  • 43perambulator — 1610s, one who perambulates, agent noun in Latin form from PERAMBULATE (Cf. perambulate). Sense of baby carriage is first recorded 1856; often colloquially shortened to PRAM (Cf. pram) …

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  • 44can´ni|bal|i|za´tion — can|ni|bal|ize «KAN uh buh lyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. 1. to take usable parts from (a vehicle, piece of machinery, or the like) to assemble or repair another: »My brother cannibalized a baby carriage to get its wheels for a racing car. 2. a) …

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  • 45can|ni|bal|ize — «KAN uh buh lyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. 1. to take usable parts from (a vehicle, piece of machinery, or the like) to assemble or repair another: »My brother cannibalized a baby carriage to get its wheels for a racing car. 2. a) to eat the… …

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  • 46push|chair — «PUSH CHAIR», noun. British. a light baby carriage; stroller: »Tired, wonderful mothers bump pushchairs down…staircases to get their babies into the light and air (Manchester Guardian) …

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  • 47pushchair — noun A small carriage in which a baby or child is pushed around; a stroller …

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  • 48buggy — noun (C) 1 BrE a light folding chair on wheels that you push small children in; stroller (1) AmE 2 a light carriage pulled by a horse 3 AmE a thing like a small bed on wheels, that a baby lies in; pram BrE …

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  • 49car|riage — «KAR ihj; for 4c also KAR ee ihj», noun. 1. a) a vehicle that moves on wheels. Some carriages are pulled by horses and are used to carry people. Baby carriages are small and light, and may be folded. »... a carriage and four splendid horses… …

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