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What (who) is diaper - definition

TYPE OF UNDERWEAR THAT ALLOWS ONE TO DEFECATE OR URINATE, WITHOUT THE USE OF A TOILET
Nappies; Diapers; Cloth Diapers; Disposable diapers; Baby diaper; Nappy; Disposable diaper; Baby diapers; Diaper duty; Disposable nappy; Infant diapers; Infant diaper
  • Adult diapers may be worn for urinary and fecal incontinence.
  • A baby wearing a disposable diaper
  • Cloth diaper filled with extra cloth
  • Different kinds of outer diapers.
  • Diapers on a shelf.
  • Baby with cloth diaper
  • Safe Diaper Clip from the mid-1960s
  • 'The Engineering of a Disposable Diaper' - video by [[Bill Hammack]]
  • ''Unpleasant duties'' (1631) by [[Adriaen Brouwer]], depicting the changing of a diaper

diaper         
(diapers)
A diaper is a piece of soft towel or paper, which you fasten round a baby's bottom in order to soak up its urine and faeces. (AM; in BRIT, use nappy
)
He never changed her diapers, never bathed her.
N-COUNT
diaper         
['d???p?]
¦ noun
1. N. Amer. a baby's nappy.
2. a linen or cotton fabric woven in a repeating pattern of small diamonds.
a repeating geometrical or floral pattern.
¦ verb
1. N. Amer. put a nappy on (a baby).
2. decorate with a repeating geometrical or floral pattern.
Origin
ME (denoting a costly fabric): from OFr. diapre, from med. L. diasprum, from med. Gk diaspros (adjective), from dia 'across' + aspros 'white'.
Diaper         
·noun An infant's breechcloth.
II. Diaper ·vt To put a diaper on (a child).
III. Diaper ·vi To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
IV. Diaper ·noun A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, ·etc.
V. Diaper ·vt To ornament with figures, ·etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving.
VI. Diaper ·noun Any textile fabric (·esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. ·see 2.
VII. Diaper ·noun Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.

Wikipedia

Diaper

A diaper (, North American English) or a nappy (British English, Australian English, and Hiberno-English) is a type of underwear that allows the wearer to urinate or defecate without using a toilet, by absorbing or containing waste products to prevent soiling of outer clothing or the external environment. When diapers become wet or soiled, they require changing, generally by a second person such as a parent or caregiver. Failure to change a diaper on a sufficiently regular basis can result in skin problems around the area covered by the diaper.

Diapers are made of cloth or synthetic disposable materials. Cloth diapers are composed of layers of fabric such as cotton, hemp, bamboo, microfiber, or even plastic fibers such as PLA or PU, and can be washed and reused multiple times. Disposable diapers contain absorbent chemicals and are thrown away after use.

Diapers are primarily worn by infants, toddlers who are not yet toilet trained, and by children who experience bedwetting. They are also used by adults under certain circumstances or with various conditions, such as incontinence. Adult users can include those of advanced age, patients bed-bound in a hospital, individuals with certain types of physical or mental disability, and people working in extreme conditions, such as astronauts. It is not uncommon for people to wear diapers under dry suits.

Pronunciation examples for diaper
1. wearing an adult diaper.
Ryan Reynolds _ Deadpool _ Talks at Google
2. and diaper services.
Make it New - A History of Silicon Valley Design _ Barry Katz _ Talks at Google
3. needed a diaper change.
Low Tech High Intelligence Connection _ Grace Ku _ Talks at Google
4. who changes the diaper.
Friend & Foe _ Adam Galinsky & Maurice Schweitzer _ Talks at Google
5. into their diaper manufacturing operation,
How New Technologies Can Transform Government _ Aneesh Chopra _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of diaper
1. "I‘d be changing a diaper at home," Savage recalled.
2. Carmelite Cogan, '1, was naked except for a diaper.
3. It will also launch a stretchy waist diaper, as its diaper packaging has been revamped for the first time in six years.
4. There are also rice paper diaper liners that allow fluid to pass through into the diaper, but prevent it from coming back onto the baby‘s skin.
5. He was last seen wearing a white T–shirt, a diaper and white booties, authorities said.