chicken breast

American

noun

Pathology.

a congenital or acquired malformation of the chest in which there is abnormal projection of the sternum and the sternal region, often associated with rickets.

chicken breast British

noun

pathol another name for pigeon breast

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Other Word Forms

chicken-breasted adjective
chicken-breastedness noun

Etymology

Origin of chicken breast

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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Chicken cutlet starts with either a boneless chicken thigh or a boneless chicken breast that’s covered with cling wrap and pounded to even thickness.

From Salon

“Now we get more chicken breasts,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hunger opened up in the boy like a chasm, in spite of the bland chicken breast he’d just consumed.

From Literature

Nationally, a pound of chicken breast cost $4.15 and cheddar cheese cost $5.79 a pound, both little changed from a year earlier, according to the Labor Department.

From The Wall Street Journal

This week, my list looks like this: one pound of ground beef, a pound and a half of frozen chicken breasts, a can of black beans and 13 eggs.

From Salon

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