Phrase guide

chicken breast

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Meat from the body of a chicken.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Lunch today is chicken breast with carrots.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

abnormal protrusion of the breastbone caused by rickets

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pigeon breast

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deformity, malformation, misshapenness

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: pit de pollastre — chicken body meat
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雞胸 /鸡胸 — chicken body meat
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雞胸肉 /鸡胸肉 — chicken body meat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雞胸 /鸡胸 (jīxiōng) — chicken body meat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雞胸肉 /鸡胸肉 (jīxiōngròu) — chicken body meat
  • Finnish: kananrinta — chicken body meat
  • French: blanc de poulet — chicken body meat
  • Japanese: 鶏胸肉 (torimune niku) — chicken body meat
  • Korean: 닭가슴살 (dak gaseumsal) — chicken body meat
  • Portuguese: peito de galinha — chicken body meat
  • Russian: кури́ная гру́дка (kurínaja grúdka) — chicken body meat
  • Spanish: pechuga de pollo — chicken body meat
  • Swedish: kycklingbröst — chicken body meat
  • Turkish: tavuk göğsü — chicken body meat
  • Vietnamese: ức gà — chicken body meat