breast: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with B · ends with T
Meaning of breast
noun
Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
Example: Tanya’s breasts grew remarkably during pregnancy.
The chest, or front of the human thorax.
A section of clothing covering the breast area.
The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one’s heart or innermost thoughts.
Example: She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her.
Listed forms: breasts, brest.
Source: Wiktionary — breast.
verb
- figuratively, often, transitive
To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.
- transitive
To reach the top of (a hill or other prominence).
Example: He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.
- transitive
To debreast.
Listed forms: breasts, breasting, breasted, brest.
Source: Wiktionary — breast.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for breast.
noun
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
noun
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
noun
meat carved from the breast of a fowl
- white meat
verb
reach the summit (of a mountain)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is breast in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of breast
B(3) + R(1) + E(1) + A(1) + S(1) + T(1) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of breast
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from breast
100 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in breast. Showing up to 24, longest first.