breast

Significado (Inglês)

1. Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
2. The chest, or front of the human thorax.
3. A section of clothing covering the breast area.
4. The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one’s heart or innermost thoughts.
5. The ventral portion of an animal’s thorax.
6. A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
7. The front or forward part of anything.
8. The upper surface of a landform or body of water.
9. The face of a coal working.
10. The front of a furnace.
11. (obsolete) The power of singing; a musical voice.
12. The breaststroke.

chest

bosom

female breast

woman’s breast

come up against

mountain slope

skirt steak

pit of stomach

mouldboard

woman’s breasts

fillet . rib

saucer bosh

stope face

heading stope

butchery cut

Freqüência

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/bɹɛst/

From Middle English brest, from Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”). Compare West Frisian boarst, Danish bryst, Swedish bröst; cf. also Dutch borst, German Brust.