Associations to the word «Childbearing»

Wiktionary

CHILDBEARING, noun. The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition
CHILDBEARING, adjective. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth

Dictionary definition

CHILDBEARING, noun. The parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child.
CHILDBEARING, adjective. Relating to or suitable for childbirth; "of childbearing age".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats