confinement in childbirth (as modifier): a lying-in hospital
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ˈly•ing-ˈin,
n., pl. ly•ings-in, ly•ing-ins, adj.
n. [uncountable]
adj. [before a noun]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025n. [uncountable]
- Medicinethe act or state of a woman staying in a bed awaiting birth of her child.
adj. [before a noun]
- Medicineof, relating to, or providing facilities for childbirth:a lying-in hospital.
ly•ing-in
(lī′ing in′),USA pronunciation n., pl. lyings-in, lying-ins, adj.
n.
adj.
n.
- Medicinethe state of being in childbed;
confinement.
adj.
- Medicinepertaining to or providing facilities for childbirth:a lying-in hospital.
- late Middle English lyynge in. See lie2, -ing1, in 1400–50
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- Dorset
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- Germany
- Gwynedd
- Sirius
- Southern Cross
- Uranus
- Ursa Major
- Zebulun
- accouchement
- bumboat
- cast
- celestial equator
- circle of least confusion
- close-at-hand
- collinear
- confinement
- conformable
- coplanar
- coronal
- cylinder
- decubitus
- dwarf star
- east
- foreland
- in
- lie
- lochus
- muriatic
- north
- northeast
- northwest
- obvious
- parallel
- planar
- prothesis
- radio
- shear
- skew
- south
- southeast
- southwest
- stationary orbit
- toroid
- torus
- tropic
- ultraviolet
- waylay
- west