{
    "term": "breast",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "either of the two round soft parts at the front of a woman’s body that produce milk when she has had a baby",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She put the baby to her breast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**breast milk**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**breast cancer**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had breast-augmentation surgery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Getting breast implants entails major surgery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She discovered a lump in her breast."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Body"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["ample", "big", "enormous"],
                "breast + noun": ["cancer", "lump", "tumour/​tumor"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the similar, smaller part on a man’s body, which does not produce milk",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the top part of the front of your body, below your neck",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He cradled the child against his breast."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "chest",
            "collocations": {
                "phrases": [
                    "beat your breast",
                    "clutch somebody/​something to your breast",
                    "hold somebody/​something to your breast"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the part of a piece of clothing that covers your chest",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A row of medals was pinned to the breast of his coat."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the front part of a bird’s body",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "breast feathers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The robin has a red breast."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Birds"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["ample", "big", "enormous"],
                "breast + noun": ["cancer", "lump", "tumour/​tumor"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "meat from the front part of the body of a bird or an animal",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**chicken/turkey breasts**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "breast of lamb"
                },
                {
                    "text": "breast of duck in orange sauce"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Skinless breasts are around 170 calories per serving,"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Would you like breast or leg?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["ample", "big", "enormous"],
                "breast + noun": ["cancer", "lump", "tumour/​tumor"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "having the type of chest or breasts mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a small-breasted/full-breasted woman"
                },
                {
                    "text": "bare-breasted"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the yellow-breasted male of the species"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "the part of the body where the feelings and emotions are thought to be",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a troubled breast"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["ample", "big", "enormous"],
                "breast + noun": ["cancer", "lump", "tumour/​tumor"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to show that you feel sorry about something that you have done, especially in public and in an exaggerated way",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to tell the truth about something so that you no longer feel guilty",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He made a clean breast of everything and admitted taking the money."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/brest/",
                "audio": "br/breast/breast__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/brest/",
                "audio": "br/breast/breast__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English brēost, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch borst and German Brust."
}