Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tummy time

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: tum-my -time
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Time spent by an infant in the prone position while awake and supervised, supposed to reduce the risk of skull deformation from spending too much time supine.

American usage; Colloquial; Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does tummy time mean?: Time spent by an infant in the prone position while awake and supervised, supposed to reduce the risk of skull deformation from spending too much time supine.

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