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breastbones

breastbones is the plural of breastbone.

Meaning of breastbone

Noun

breastbone (plural breastbones)

  1. 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

Questions about breastbones

What is breastbones the plural of?
Breastbones is the plural of breastbone.

Words near breastbones in the dictionary

  1. breastband
  2. breastbands
  3. breastbeam
  4. breastbeams
  5. breastbone
  6. breastbones
  7. breasted
  8. breasted boobily
  9. breasted down
  10. breasted one's cards
  11. breasted the tape

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