breast

  • 11breast — [[t]bre̱st[/t]] ♦♦♦ breasts 1) N COUNT: oft poss N A woman s breasts are the two soft, round parts on her chest that can produce milk to feed a baby. She wears a low cut dress which reveals her breasts... As my newborn cuddled at my breast, her… …

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  • 12Breast — The breast refers to the front of the chest or, more specifically, to the mammary gland. The mammary gland is a milk producing gland. It is composed largely of fat. Within the mammary gland is a complex network of branching ducts. These ducts… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 13breast — n. & v. n. 1 a either of two milk secreting organs on the upper front of a woman s body. b the corresponding usu. rudimentary part of a man s body. 2 a the upper front part of a human body; the chest. b the corresponding part of an animal. 3 the… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 14breast — /brɛst / (say brest) noun 1. Anatomy, Zoology the outer front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from neck to belly; the chest. 2. Zoology the corresponding part in lower animals. 3. a standard cut of meat from this area. 4.… …

  • 15breast — breast1 [brest] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(woman s body)¦ 2¦(chest)¦ 3¦(bird)¦ 4¦(meat)¦ 5¦(clothes)¦ 6 make a clean breast of it/things 7¦(emotions)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: breost] 1.) …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16breast — n. 1) to beat one s breast 2) to put a (newborn) infant to breast 3) (of an infant) to take the breast 4) a pigeon breast ( a deformity of the chest ) 5) (cul.) chicken breasts 6) (misc.) to make a clean breast of smt. ( to confess smt. ) * * *… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 17breast — 1 noun 1 PART OF A WOMAN S BODY (C) one of the two round raised parts of a woman s body that produce milk when she has a baby: a woman with a baby at the breast | breast cancer 2 CHEST (C) the part of your body between your neck and your stomach …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18breast — breastless, adj. /brest/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest. 2. Zool. the corresponding part in quadrupeds. 3. either of the pair of mammae… …

    Universalium

  • 19breast — noun 1 part of a woman s body ADJECTIVE ▪ ample, big, enormous, full, heavy, large ▪ little, small ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 20breast */*/ — UK [brest] / US noun Word forms breast : singular breast plural breasts 1) [countable] one of the two round soft parts on the front of a woman s body that produce milk when she has a baby She had small round breasts. breast cancer 2) [countable]… …

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