lactation

lactation is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.
2. noun. feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast

   Synonyms: suckling

3. noun. the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
4. noun. the period following birth during which milk is secreted

   "lactation normally continues until weaning"

Synonyms

suckling

Common word forms

lactations, lactational

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for LACTATION lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.