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How to pronounce bosom in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms embrace
Type of acceptation, espousal, adoption, acceptance


in the bosom of the family.
Type Words
Synonyms heart
Type of suspicion, intuition, hunch


her story would melt your bosom.
Type Words
Synonyms boob, breast, knocker, tit, titty
Type of mamma, mammary gland
Derivation bosomy
Type Words
Synonyms embrace, hug, squeeze
Type of clasp
Has types cuddle, interlock, lock, clinch
Type Words
Type of chest, breast
Derivation bosomy
Type Words
Type of cloth covering
Type Words
Type of hide, conceal


She bosomed his letters.
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Type of privateness, privacy, concealment, secrecy


his bosom was bursting with the secret.

Examples of bosom

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Without her baby, she couldn't go to sleep in Jesus or rest in Abraham's bosom.
From the latimes.com
What else could she be now, having materialized here, in the very bosom of GNU?
From the theatlantic.com
Although far from bosom buddies, they can cross paths without crossing sticks.
From the usatoday.com
In the Middle Ages, people avoided arrest by fleeing to the bosom of a church.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The fingertips of his left hand lift the edge of the cloth covering her bosom.
From the denverpost.com
Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his own bosom.
From the infowars.com
The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Her bosom undulates so much that you worry she'll wind up with two black eyes.
From the time.com
May you live to be 120, and then may you be buried in the bosom of the Earth.
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More examples
  • Hide in one's bosom; "She bosomed his letters"
  • The chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept; "his bosom was bursting with the secret"
  • A person's breast or chest
  • Embrace: squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him"
  • Cloth that covers the chest or breasts
  • Embrace: a close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family"
  • Heart: the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"
  • Breast: either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
  • (bosomed) having a bosom as specified or having something likened to a bosom; usually used in compounds; "full-bosomed women"; "the green-bosomed earth"