breastbone
breastbone noun: the central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.
Noun
breastbone (plural breastbones)
- The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.
- He lapped out of his hand, then sat up in the sunlight, crossing his shins in front of him, and after a time let his woolly head fall on his breastbone.1899 (please specify the page), Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part
- Synonyms:
- sternum
breastbone meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
breastbone in Hindi
- the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
- उरोस्थि urosthi
breastbone in Marathi
- the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
- छातीचे हाड chātīce hāḍ, उरोस्थी urosthī
breastbone in Bengali
- the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
- বক্ষাস্থি bokkhasthi
breastbone in Telugu
- the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
- ఉరోస్థి urōsthi
More languagesFewer languages
- breastbone in Gujarati
- ઉરોસ્થિ urosthi, છાતીનું હાડકું chātīnũ hāḍkũ
- breastbone in Tagalog
- butundibdib
- breastbone in Arabic
- قَصّ qaṣṣ
- breastbone in Malay
- tulang dada, sternum, tulang papan, tulang rimau menangis
- breastbone in Indonesian
- tulang dada, sternum, tulang rawan
- breastbone in Persian
- جناغ jenâġ
- breastbone in Vietnamese
- xương ức
- Dhivehi
- އުރަމަތީ ކަށިގަނޑު uramatī kaṣigaⁿḍu
Synonyms of breastbone
Forms of breastbone
| plural | breastbones |
|---|---|
| alternative form | breast bone |
Origin of breastbone
From Middle English brust-bon, brestbon, from Old English brēostbān (“breastbone”), equivalent to breast + bone.
Questions about breastbone
- What does breastbone mean?
- Breastbone means the central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.
- What is breastbone in Hindi?
- Breastbone in Hindi is उरोस्थि (urosthi). See Breastbone meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is breastbone?
- Breastbone is a noun.
- What is the plural of breastbone?
- The plural of breastbone is breastbones.
Words near breastbone in the dictionary
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