childbed

• child-bed, child bed

From Middle English child bed; equivalent to child +‎ bed.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɪl(d)bɛd/

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childbed (countable and uncountable, plural childbeds)

1. (uncountable) The final stage of pregnancy; confinement.
2. (countable) The bed in which a baby is born.

• childbed fever