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breastbone en · NOUN

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Etymology

From Middle English brust-bon, brestbon, from Old English brēostbān (“breastbone”), equivalent to breast + bone.

Meanings

1. 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. 1899 (please specify the page), Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part:

Forms

Synonyms

sternum

Translations (76)

mr उरोस्थी (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · he מַפְתֵּחַ הַלֵּב (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · id sternum (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · gu ઉરોસ્થિ (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · af borsbeen (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · pl mostek (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · bg гръдна кост (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · de Brustbein (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ang brēostbān (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ms sternum (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · gu છાતીનું હાડકું (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · is bringubein (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ru груди́на (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · pt esterno (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · te ఉరోస్థి (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · tr göğüs kemiği (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · tl butundibdib (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ar قَصّ (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ko 가슴뼈 (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · es esternón (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · gd cnàimh a' chlèibh (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · izh rintaluu (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ms tulang rimau menangis (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · fr sternum (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · yue 胸骨 (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · zku kuntuwarpu (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · id tulang rawan (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ja 胸骨 (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · kmr hestiyê sîngê (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · vi xương ức (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · gl esterno (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · cy asgwrn dwyfron (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · hu mellcsont (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · mr छातीचे हाड (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · grc στέρνον (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · bn বক্ষাস্থি (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ms tulang dada (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · id tulang dada (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · cs hrudní kost (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · hy կրծոսկր (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · sco breestbane (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ms tulang rawan (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · fi rintalasta (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · mel tujou (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ca estèrnum (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · lt krūtinkaulis (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · fa جناغ (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · pdt Brostknoaken (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · de Sternum (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · he עצם החזה (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · cmn 胸骨 (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · nl borstbeen (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · is brjóstbein (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · tr sternum (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ast esternón (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · eo sternumo (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ms tulang papan (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · hu szegycsont (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ga steirneam (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · hi उरोस्थि (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · it sterno (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · arz قص (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · dv އުރަމަތީ ކަށިގަނޑު (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · et rinnak (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · mi whaturei (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · sv bröstben (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · tr iman tahtası (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · la sternum (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · meu abagoro (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ru грудна́я кость (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · sk hrudná kosť (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ga cnámh uchta (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · sl pŕsnica (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ceb pitso (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · kix sākìk (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) · ca estern (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest)