breast

Either of the two soft, rounded parts on the front of a woman’s chest that can produce milk.

• She found a lump in her breast.
• The baby drinks breast milk.
• A nurse explained how to examine her breasts.

Common phrases: left breast, breast cancer, breast milk, breast tissue

Meat taken from the front of a bird’s body, especially a chicken or turkey.

• I cooked a chicken breast.
• Slice the turkey breast before serving it.
• We grilled two breasts with lemon and garlic.

Similar words: brisket

Common phrases: chicken breast, turkey breast, boneless breast

The front part of an animal’s body below its neck, especially on a bird.

• The bird has a red breast.
• White feathers cover its breast.
• Two small birds with yellow breasts landed nearby.

Similar words: chest

Common phrases: red breast, bird’s breast, white breast

The front of a person’s body between the neck and stomach.

• He held a hand to his breast.
• She pressed the letter against her breast.
• Fear stirred in his breast as the door opened.

Similar words: chest, bosom

Common phrases: beat your breast, against someone’s breast, within someone’s breast

The part of a jacket or shirt that covers the chest.

• His pen was in his breast pocket.
• A small badge decorated the breast of her jacket.
• The coat had a torn breast pocket.

Common phrases: breast pocket, jacket breast, coat breast

To reach the top of a hill or mountain.

• We breasted the hill at noon.
• The riders breasted the ridge and saw the sea.
• After hours of climbing, she finally breasted the summit.

Similar words: crest

Common phrases: breast a hill, breast the ridge, breast the summit