breastbone (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *breastbone*:
NOUN	body	breastbone, sternum	the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs

English > *breastbone*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs.
Synonym	sternum
Part of	axial skeleton	The part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs
Part of	thorax, chest, pectus	The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
Parts	gladiolus, corpus sternum	The large central part of the breastbone
	manubrium	The upper part of the breastbone
	xiphoid process	smallest of the three parts of the breastbone
Broader	bone, os	rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
Spanish	esternón
Catalan	estern, estèrnum

HyperDic: breastbone