stomacher
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- noun
- /ˈstʌmɪkər/
- Archaic
- During the 18th century, a woman would often wear a decorative stomacher over her gown to enhance its beauty.
Examples
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The rinse fluid was added to the stomacher bag along with the remaining UVM broth, and the contents were blended for 30 seconds in a lab stomacher.
Academic text (2005) -
I forgot about the stomachers!
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The stomachers!
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All samples were blended in a Lab Stomacher (Seward Medical, London) for 30 seconds to ensure even distribution of the solutions throughout the chicken salad.
Academic text (2005) -
Each 25-g sample was aseptically transferred to a sterile filter stomacher bag (Seward, London).
Academic text (2005) -
The rinse fluid was added to the stomacher bag along with the remaining UVM broth, and the contents were blended for 30 seconds in a lab stomacher.
Academic text (2005) -
The Maharani's diamonds and matched pearls, the Mogul's emeralds, the stomacher of Marie Antoinette.
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The intricate design on her stomacher added a touch of elegance to her historical dress.
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She carefully fastened the ornate stomacher to her dress, making sure it lay flat against her chest.
Synonyms
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A small cloth worn over the front of a low-cut dress to cover the chest
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stomacher comes from the familiar word stomach, which means 'belly' or 'tummy'. It originally named the stiff, often V-shaped front piece of a dress that covered the belly, so a stomacher is literally something worn over the stomach.