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sports bra

sports bra noun: a type of bra that is more supportive than an everyday bra, worn when practising sports or other physical activities.

sports bra: a type of bra that is more supportive than an everyday bra, worn when practising sports or other...
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Noun

sports bra (plural sports bras)

  1. A type of bra that is more supportive than an everyday bra, worn when practising sports or other physical activities.
    • secure a uniboob-generating, restrain-and-flatten style sports bra2001 May 22, Wednesday, “Re: 'There are only 500 REAL anime fans in the UK'”, in uk.media.animation.anime (Usenet), message-ID <-6y*A5OWo@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>
    • Finally, in 1977[…]the sports bra as we know it was invented[…] That first sports bra was simply two jockstraps sewn together.2015 October 29, Rose Eveleth, “Why Are Sports Bras So Terrible?”, in Racked

Forms of sports bra

pluralsports bras

Questions about sports bra

What does sports bra mean?
Sports bra means a type of bra that is more supportive than an everyday bra, worn when practising sports or other physical activities.
What part of speech is sports bra?
Sports bra is a noun.
What is the plural of sports bra?
The plural of sports bra is sports bras.

Words near sports bra in the dictionary

  1. sports bar
  2. sports bars
  3. sports betting
  4. sports bib
  5. sports bibs
  6. sports bra
  7. sports bras
  8. sports car
  9. sports card
  10. sports cards
  11. sports cars

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