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(anatomy) 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.
Use breast bone when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Breast bone means (anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs..
Common synonyms include sternum.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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