maternity
muh tur ni tee
- n the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- n the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
- n the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
- Other retailers are spiffing up their maternity departments: Target now offers a collection designed by Liz Lange, a former editor at Vogue magazine and the first designer to show .
- And Japan has horrible maternity leave policies.
- This year 11% of Chaiken's spring-collection sales were maternity; for fall it was 15%.