breast
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.
Example
“Tanya’s breasts grew remarkably during pregnancy.”
Other meanings
The chest, or front of the human thorax.
A section of clothing covering the breast area.
Related words
- abreast
- breast augmentation
- breastaurant
- breastbone
- breast boobily
- breast cancer
- breastfeed
- breasticle
- breast ironing
- breastless
- breast mint
- breastplate
Word history
From Old English "brēost".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “breast” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.