noun
1. the cessation of lactation
• Hypernyms: ↑bodily process, ↑body process, ↑bodily function, ↑activity
2. the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal
• Syn: ↑weaning
• Hypernyms: ↑substitution, ↑exchange, ↑commutation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.