breast
- noun
- /brɛst/
- Such studies have brought into question the benefit of the Breast Screening Programme as a whole.
- breast cancer
- breast-feeding
- breast milk
I wish I had these breasts, but I don't.
- I wish I had these breasts, but I don't.
- So I've been feeling pain in my right breast for about a month.
- Girls cut their hair short, bind their breasts or have a mastectomy.
- Yeah, but my breasts were thrown in the trash.
- They called them both things back then, breasts and I think breasts and tits.
- So we're going to keep those breasts in there.
- My husband wants divorce breast milk oral all the time.
- First time my my breast is in my face.
- We get classic Sarah J Maas, heavy breasts that ache, knees buckling.
Examples
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Collectively, these narratives present breast cancer as an opportunity for a new and improved breast.
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Among the nude images, a subset places breast health within a medical context.
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Any suggestions for when the most appropriate time might be to deliver breast reconstruction information?
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So I've been feeling pain in my right breast for about a month.
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Ten of the images depict women covering their breasts with their hands in a protective gesture.
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The present study aimed to track aesthetic outcomes in implant breast reconstruction cases that involved complications.
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For analysis purposes, the breast surgery group included subjects who underwent breast augmentation or breast reduction procedures.
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In her support group, she shared her experience with breast cancer to help others feel less alone.
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The new study focuses on the importance of regular screenings for women to detect any changes in their breasts early.
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During the ceremony, the artists created a beautiful mural celebrating women's breasts and body positivity.
Synonyms
A rude word for a woman's breast
One of the two soft parts on a woman's chest
An informal, rude word for one of the two soft parts on a woman's chest that make milk
The chest area, especially a woman's breast, or the part of clothing that covers it
The chest area of a woman around the breasts
A slang word for a woman's breast
A rude slang word for a woman's breast
A body part in female mammals that makes milk to feed babies
The part of a female animal that makes milk to feed her young
A slang word for a woman's breast
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A device that doctors put inside a breast to rebuild or enlarge it
- Specialized
A hand tool with a rotating metal bit and a flat plate you press against the chest to make holes
A cut of lamb with the breastbone and meat around it, often roasted or used in stews
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A non-cancerous breast condition with small fluid lumps and firm areas that can be painful
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A breast condition with small fluid-filled lumps and firm tissue that is not cancer and may cause pain
How Informal
- Offensive
- Literature
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word breast originally meant the 'chest' (like German Brust) and, because this part can make milk for babies, breast also came to mean the soft, milk-producing organ on a woman's chest.