bosom
Meaning
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- The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
- The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.
- The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.
- The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
- A breast, one of a woman's breasts
- Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.
- A depression round the eye of a millstone.
Synonyms
bottom of one’s heart
real intention
very intimate
intimate 1
L-bar
corner plate
bracket joint
corner brace
corner stay
cross-arm brace
angle plate
knee-brace
gusset sheet
corsage
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbʊz(ə)m/
Etymology
From Middle English bosom, bosum, from Old English bōsm, from Proto-West Germanic *bōsm, from Proto-Germanic *bōsmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- (“to swell, bend, curve”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bossem, Bousem (“bosom”), West Frisian boezem (“bosom”), Dutch boezem (“bosom”), German Busen (“bosom”). Related also to Albanian buzë (“lip”), Greek βυζί (vyzí, “breast”), Romanian buză (“lip”), Irish bus (“lip”), and Latin bucca (“cheek”).
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