breastbone
(brestboʊn ) also breast bone
Word forms: breastbones
countable noun
Your breastbone is the long, flat bone which goes from your throat to the bottom of your ribs and to which your ribs are attached.
What is the technical name for the breastbone?
Vocabulary Builder
SKELETON collarbone humerus skull ulna radius vertebrae pelvis breastbone kneecap ribs spine femur fibula tibia - major incident
- major index
- major influence
- major initiative
- major innovation
- major institution
- major insurer
- major investment
- major irritant
- major issue
- majority
- majority approval
- majority coalition
- majority party
- majority ruling
- majority stake
- major label
- major landmark
- major league
- major lender
- major limitation
- major obstacle
- major problems
- major role
- major speech