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# nappy

«nappy» in Mova's school dictionary: **A thick soft pad of cloth or paper worn by babies around…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a nappy, nappies; US diaper)

### meaning for a pupil

(UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A thick soft pad of cloth or paper worn by babies around their bottom to catch their wee and poo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nappy/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In family life and caring for babies: «change a nappy», «a wet nappy», «nappy rash». In science and environment lessons: disposable nappies make a lot of rubbish, so some families use washable cloth ones. In the USA and Canada people say «diaper».

### examples

- Mum is changing the baby's nappy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nappy/#x1)
- My little brother still wears a nappy at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nappy/#x2)
- Put the dirty nappy in the bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nappy/#x3)
- The baby has nappy rash, so we use cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nappy/#x4)
- Cloth nappies can be washed and used again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nappy/#x5)
- We packed nappies and wipes for the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nappy/#x6)

### note

Plural «nappies» (y → ies). British word; American and Canadian English say «diaper». Old meaning: in some American speech «nappy» is a word about curly hair and can be rude, so be careful.

### In the corpora

- [Babies wear nappies, which are changed six to ten times a day, and nappy cream stops sore skin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/16/)
- [Babies try to eat creams and wipes, so nappy cream, wipes and lotion are kept out of their reach.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/113-babies-batteries-and-magnets/7/)
- [In Galway, Nuala changes her baby brother's nappy while Mam's in the shower.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest/25/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nappy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nappy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.