Examples of “nipple” in a Sentence

noun The soft rubber tip on a baby bottle that a baby sucks from.

• The baby cried until we replaced the cracked nipple on her bottle.
• Choose a nipple with a flow that matches your baby's age.
• Sterilize the nipple before each feeding.

noun A small threaded fitting used to join pipes or hoses together.

• He screwed a short steel nipple between the two pipes to finish the repair.
• The hardware store sells every size of nipple for plumbing jobs.
• The plumber replaced the corroded brass nipple on the gas line.