breast

Pronunciation

• IPA: /brɛst/
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Noun

Singular breast

Plural breasts

1. (countable), (usually plural) A woman's breasts are the two soft round parts on her chest.

   She learned that the cancer in her breast had spread to her leg.

   Some mothers start to lose their breast milk two or three months after a child is born.

2. (countable) Your breast is the area between your neck and your belly.

   A warm feeling spread in his breast as she stepped closer.

3. (uncountable) Breast is bird meat that comes from the front of the bird

   Skinless, boneless chicken breasts have very little flavour when grilled.

4. (countable) A bird's breast is the front of its body below its head.

   The Robin is a plump bird with bright orange-red breast.

5. (countable) The breast of a jacket or shirt is the part that goes over your breast.

   My father pulled a cigarette from his breast pocket.

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  A woman's breasts

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  A bird with a red breast

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  A roast turkey with a white pin in its breast

Synonyms

• chest

Verb

Plain form breast

Third-person singular breasts

Past tense breasted

Past participle breasted

Present participle breasting

1. (transitive) If you breast a hill, mountain, etc., you come to the top of it.

   He breasted the hill and saw the town in front of him.

See also

• nipple

Related words

• abreast
• breaststroke