: a soft usually white linen or cotton fabric used for tablecloths or towels
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: an allover pattern consisting of one or more small repeated units of design (such as geometric figures) connecting with one another or growing out of one another with continuously flowing or straight lines
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: a basic garment for infants consisting of a folded cloth or other absorbent material drawn up between the legs and fastened about the waist
also: a similar garment especially for incontinent adults
The Rock Church Chula Vista campus at 2015 Birch Road, Chula Vista, is hosting a free community food, diaper and supplies distribution at 10 a.m. Thursday. Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2022 Apart from investing in her closet staples, Graham has also recently invested in skincare brand Fig.1 Beauty and partnered with Bobbie (an organic baby formula manufacturer) and Coterie (a sustainable diaper and baby product company). Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2022 The initial focus for Microsoft and P&G has been diaper and paper towel manufacturing. Tony Bradley, Forbes, 15 June 2022 Some exceptions are made for medical and diaper bags (when an infant is present), but those will be inspected before entry. Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 11 Apr. 2022 She was last seen wearing a pink long sleeve shirt and diaper. Briana Rice, The Enquirer, 6 Dec. 2021 This functional clutch is actually a diaper bag in disguise. Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 26 July 2022 Facing her first-ever separation from her 3-month-old, Mckenzie nervously threw together a diaper bag with extra clothes and bottles and dropped Ann off at Gramercy’s ground-floor child-care center. Gale Hollandstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2022 Size exceptions include diaper bags and bags that hold medical items or items for infants. Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 20 July 2022
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HealthySteps specialists, often social workers, accompany families with children below 3 on their pediatric visits, monitoring and supporting the babies' development and helping with everything from counselor referrals to diaper drop-offs.USA Today, 9 June 2022 This person should have your full authority to wipe the noses of users and diaper the salespeople when needed. Gene Marks, Forbes, 7 June 2021 Families spend $75 a month to diaper one child, or 8% of a full-time minimum wage salary, and prices are expected to go up. Jennifer Randles, Time, 6 May 2021 And among the Black fathers who do live with their children, a higher percentage of them bathe, dress or diaper their kids compared with White dads, the study found. Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020 The baby shower host had trivia games (guessing lines from popular children's books) and activities for the soon-to-be parents (diapering a doll blindfolded). Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 19 May 2020 The more intense care required at this age — diapering, bottle feeding — also can’t be done without almost continual close contact and requires more adults per child, increasing the inherent risk. Marshall Allen, ProPublica, 23 May 2020 Besides environmental impact, Austin started cloth diapering her now 2-year-old twins for health reasons. Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2019 Extra towels provided padding for my makeshift diapering stations: the console under the TV at the Dupont Circle, the dresser at Four Seasons Montreal. Sarah Firshein, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English diapre, from Anglo-French diaspre, from Medieval Latin diasprum