bottle-feed
 
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There are some countries where clean water for bottle-feeding is a luxury.
A woman may turn to bottle-feeding to give the father a chance to join in.
Bottle-feeding is unpopular in Mediterranean countries such as Italy and Spain, where 85% and 81% of mothers say they breast-fed.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Giving food to people & animals
aid station
bottle-feed
breast milk
breastfeed
cat-sit
colostrum
fatted
fatten someone/something up
fed
feed someone/something up
hand-reared
nourish
nursing
overfed
overfeed
overfeeding
spoon
underfeed
underfeeding
unfed

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