Word.ws English Dictionary

thoraces

thoraces is the plural of thorax.

Meaning of thorax

Noun

thorax (plural thoraces or thoraxes)

  1. The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
    • Holonyms: torso, trunk < body
  2. The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.
    • Holonym: body

Forms of thoraces

alternative formthoraxes

Questions about thoraces

What is thoraces the plural of?
Thoraces is the plural of thorax.

Words near thoraces in the dictionary

  1. Thora
  2. thoracal
  3. thoracalgia
  4. thoracenteses
  5. thoracentesis
  6. thoraces
  7. thoracetra
  8. thoracetron
  9. thoracic
  10. thoracic aorta
  11. thoracic cage

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: thoraces (page history and authors); thorax (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “thoraces.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/thoraces. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.