breastbone
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breastbone
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From Middle English brust-bon, brestbon, from Old English brēostbān (“breastbone”), equivalent to breast + bone.
noun breastbones · breast bone
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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.
Similar: sternum
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noun the central narrow bone in the front of the chest
| Español | esternón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 가슴뼈 gaseumppyeo |
| 日本語 | 胸骨 kyōkotsu |
| 中文 | 胸骨 xiōnggǔ |
| हिन्दी | उरोस्थि urosthi |
| Português | esterno |
| Français | sternum |
| Deutsch | Brustbein, Sternum |
| Italiano | sterno |
| Русский | груди́на grudína, грудна́я кость grudnája kostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | xương ức |
| العربية | قَصّ qaṣṣ |
| עברית | עצם החזה etzem ha'khaze, מַפְתֵּחַ הַלֵּב mafteáẖ hallév |
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title = {breastbone},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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