- 1. n. The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap. Source: opted
- 2. n. The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is discharged. Source: opted
- 3. n. Any small projection or article in which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes; as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and through which the fire passes to the charge. Source: opted
- 4. n. A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings. Source: opted
- 5. n. the small projection of a mammary gland Source: wordnet
- 6. n. a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier Source: wordnet
- 7. 1. (Anat.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap. 2. The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is discharged. [R.] Derham. 3. Any small projection or article in which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes; as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and through which the fire passes to the charge. 4. (Mech.) A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings. Solder nipple, a short pipe, usually of brass, one end of which is tapered and adapted for attachment to the end of a lead pipe by soldering. Source: webster
- 8. The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast ormamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap. Source: adambom
- 9. n:100 n. the small projection of a mammary gland n. a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier Source: ecdict
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