change table
/ˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒˈteɪ.bəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.93 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "A TERRY towel or bath mat with loops of narrow elastic sewed catty-corner at each point makes a practical cover for your baby's change table."
- "BOY'S roller skates, shoe type, size 10. Baby's change table; car seat, padded, $2."
- "Lift baby and place him comfortably on his back on the change table."
- "If you don't buy an actual change table, you can adapt other pieces of furniture; for example, a chest of drawers or waist-high, flat-topped shelving (if it's wide enough). These must be covered either with layers of toweling or with a homemade, or purchased, mattress in order to be soft enough for your baby."
- "In Bakersfield, for example, we had made concentrated efforts to teach children to stand while having their diapers changed. This was because our children quickly grew too large for the change tables in public restrooms, and once they did, there was no place to change their diapers."
- "“He never sat up or rolled over on the change table before. If he had, I wouldn’t have left him for a second,” she explains. […] Kidsafe Victoria has released data from the Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit that shows that in 2019/20, as many as 386 Victorian children were treated in hospital due to injuries involving high chairs, cots and change tables."
Etymology
From change (“a diaper change: the replacement of a soiled diaper with a clean one”) + table, probably as an alteration of changing table.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒˈteɪ.bəl/
- British English: /ˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒˈteɪ.bəl/