Breastful
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Breastful is a noun meaning The amount that a breast will carry or hold.
Meaning
The amount that a breast will carry or hold.
Example Sentences
And again he inhaled a prodigious breastful of the mountain air. "
There were conjurers and singers and highland dancers wearing breastsful of medals, funny stories and recitations by blushing boys, and finally the choir again.
I had expected him to be a middle-aged man with a breastful of medals, with whom I would have to be formal; but Dunn was actually two months younger than myself.
Enough for Him whom cherubim Worship night and day, A breastful of milk And a mangerful of hay; Enough for Him whom angels Fall down before, The ox and ass and camel Which adore.
Word Forms
- breastfuls
- breastsful
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