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“breast”
(Greek > Latin: breast, nipple)
(Greek Latin: breast)
(Greek: breast; the front of the human chest and either of two soft rounded organs on each side of the chest in women and men; however, with women the organs are more prominent and produce milk after childbirth; also, a milk-producing gland in mammals that corresponds to the human breast)
(Greek: breast; used in the specialized sense as "of or pertaining to the breast-shaped mastoid process of the temporal bone)
(Greek: breast)
(Latin: breast, chest)
(Greek: chest, breast, sternum, the breast bone)
(Greek: chest, breast)
(Greek: thorax, chest [part of the body between the neck and the abdomen; "breastplate, breast, chest"])
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“breast”
chimney breast, chimney breasts
1. A part of a wall which extends out into a room to cover a chimney.
2. A projecting section of an interior wall surrounding a chimney or fireplace.
2. A projecting section of an interior wall surrounding a chimney or fireplace.
papilla of the breast, nipple
1. The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap.
2. The orifice at which any animal liquid is discharged; such as, the oil from an oil bag.
3. Any small projection or article in which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes; as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; or the nipple of a percussion lock.
2. The orifice at which any animal liquid is discharged; such as, the oil from an oil bag.
3. Any small projection or article in which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes; as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; or the nipple of a percussion lock.
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papillo-, papill-, papilli- +
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retaining wall, breast wall
1. A wall to prevent, to hold back, or to keep the material of an embankment from sliding.
2. A wall built to keep or to hold earth or water in place.
3. A wall that is built to resist lateral pressure; especially, a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth.
4. A wall that holds back a hillside or is back-filled to create a level surface; as at the edge of a terrace or an excavation.
2. A wall built to keep or to hold earth or water in place.
3. A wall that is built to resist lateral pressure; especially, a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth.
4. A wall that holds back a hillside or is back-filled to create a level surface; as at the edge of a terrace or an excavation.
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ten-, tent-, tin-, -tain, -tainment, -tenance, -tinence
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