beikost

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noun

An infant's first non-liquid food, such as mashed vegetables or applesauce, given to supplement or replace breast milk.

OriginGerman Beikost →
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Meanings

nounbeikost (plural beikosts)

plural beikosts

  1. An infant's first non-liquid food, such as mashed vegetables or applesauce, given to supplement or replace breast milk.

Origin

  1. GermanBeikost“side dish; solid food (for infants)”
  2. Englishbeikost

Borrowed from German Beikost (“side dish; solid food (for infants)”). Apparently first attested in English in the 1980s.

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APA

beikost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beikost

MLA

“beikost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beikost. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beikost,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beikost.

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