Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feeding tube

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables: feed-ing -tube
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a device used to feed people who cannot eat or swallow, normally in the form of a tube passed through the nose or straight into the abdomen.

Inflected Forms

feeding tubes (plural)

Questions

What does feeding tube mean?: a device used to feed people who cannot eat or swallow, normally in the form of a tube passed through the nose or straight into the abdomen.

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