Phrase Hound found 98 phrases and 104 compound words that contain birth. The most common are listed below. Open birth in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 98
- birth controlVoluntary control of the number of children conceived, especially by the planned use of contraception.
- date of birthThe date and year on which something or someone was born.
- birth certificateAn official document certifying the details of an individual's birth, indicating the name, date, and parents' names, and details such as parents' occupation and religion.
- give birthTo release live offspring from the body into the environment.
- birth weightThe weight of a baby at birth.
- place of birthSynonym of birthplace: The location where a person or an animal was born.
- birth defectsplural of birth defect: Any of several medical disorders that are present at birth.
- birth defectAny of several medical disorders that are present at birth.
- giving birthpresent participle and gerund of give birth
- birth dateAlternative spelling of birthdate: The year, month, and day of someone's birth; a date of birth.
- birth motherThe woman who gives birth to a child (not necessarily the genetic mother)
- After-birth
- birth rateAlternative spelling of birthrate: The ratio of total live births to total population for a specific community or nation in a specified period; often expressed in births per thousand per year.
- birth parentA biological parent of an adopted child.
- birth nameA name chosen for a child at birth, as opposed to a different name used subsequently.
- home birthChildbirth taking place at home, rather than in a hospital.
- gave birthsimple past of give birth
- birth certificatesplural of birth certificate: An official document certifying the details of an individual's birth, indicating the name, date, and parents' names, and details such as parents' occupation and religion.
- birth ratesplural of birth rate: The ratio of total live births to total population for a specific community or nation in a specified period; often expressed in births per thousand per year.
- dates of birthplural of date of birth: The date and year on which something or someone was born.
- virgin birthA birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis.
- places of birthplural of place of birth: The location where a person or an animal was born.
- accident of birthA fact, situation, or personal characteristic, which may be desirable or undesirable, resulting from the circumstances into which a person was born, and which is therefore entirely beyond their control.
- birth tourismThe travel from one country to another for the purpose of giving birth in the second country, thereby endowing the newborn child with citizenship of the second country.
- birth fatherThe genetic father of a child (as opposed to an adoptive father or stepfather).
Compound words 104
- birthdayThe anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
- childbirthThe fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy; the process by which it happens.
- birthstoneAny of twelve gemstones traditionally associated with the month of one's birth.
- birthrightSomething a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an inheritance or citizenship.
- stillbirthThe birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth.
- birthmarkA mark on the skin formed before birth.
- birthdateThe year, month, and day of someone's birth; a date of birth.
- afterbirthThe placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals.
- birthrateThe ratio of total live births to total population for a specific community or nation in a specified period; often expressed in births per thousand per year.
- birthweightThe amount that a baby weighs at the time of birth.