NOUN | attribute | soft spot, weak part, weak spot | a place of especial vulnerability |
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feeling | soft spot | a sentimental affection | |
body | soft spot, fontanelle, fontanel | any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus |
Meaning | A place of especial vulnerability. | |
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Synonyms | weak part, weak spot | |
Narrower | Achilles' heel | A seemingly small but actual mortal weakness |
jugular | A vital part that is vulnerable to attack | |
underbelly | The quality of being weak or unprotected | |
Broader | weakness | The property of lacking physical or mental strength |
Opposite | good part | A place of especial strength |
Spanish | parte débil |
Meaning | A sentimental affection. | |
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Example | "she had a soft spot for her youngest son" | |
Broader | affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia | A positive feeling of liking |
Spanish | debilidad |
Meaning | Any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus. | |
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Synonyms | fontanelle, fontanel | |
Part of | child's body | The body of a human child |
cranium, braincase, brainpan | The part of the skull that encloses the brain | |
Narrower | anterior fontanelle | corresponds to the bregma when bones have ossified |
sphenoid fontanelle, sphenoid fontanel, sphenoidal fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanel | The irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet / meet | |
Broader | orifice, opening, porta | An aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity |
Spanish | fontanela | |
Catalan | fontanel·la, fontanel |
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