'Childbearing' definitions:
Definition of 'childbearing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to or suitable for childbirth; "of childbearing age"
noun
The parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child [syn: childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth]
Definition of 'Childbearing'
From: GCIDE
- Childbearing \Child"bear`ing\, n. The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition. --Milton. Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'childbearing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accouchement,
- bearing,
- birth,
- birth throes,
- birthing,
- blessed event,
- childbed,
- childbirth,
- confinement,
- delivery,
- genesis,
- giving birth,
- hatching,
- having a baby,
- labor,
- multiparity,
- nascency,
- nativity,
- parturition,
- the Nativity,
- the stork,
- travail