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noun · 2 syllables · /'bʊz.əm/

BOSOM

What does "BOSOM" mean?

A person's chest, especially as the seat of emotions or as a place of warmth and protection.

Meanings

  1. The front of the human chest, especially a woman's breasts. She clutched the letter to her bosom.
  2. The chest regarded as the centre of private or secret feelings. He kept the secret locked in his bosom for decades. literary
  3. Close and dear; intimate (chiefly in 'bosom friend'). They were bosom friends from their first day at school.

Word origin

From Old English 'bosm', from Proto-Germanic 'bōsmaz', related to Dutch 'boezem' and German 'Busen', all meaning the breast or chest.

Remember it

BOSOM reads the same backwards in the middle - the two O's sit on either side of S like a chest cradling a heart.

A little poem

Not the heart, but the room around it-
where letters are pressed and griefs are kept,
the soft cupboard no one is shown.

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What it teaches

The chest holds more than lungs: every secret you carry needs somewhere warm to wait.

Quick facts

What does BOSOM mean?

A person's chest, especially as the seat of emotions or as a place of warmth and protection.

Is BOSOM a valid word?

Yes — BOSOM is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.

How many letters is BOSOM?

BOSOM has 5 letters and 2 syllables.

Where does BOSOM come from?

From Old English 'bosm', from Proto-Germanic 'bōsmaz', related to Dutch 'boezem' and German 'Busen', all meaning the breast or chest.

What can BOSOM teach us?

The chest holds more than lungs: every secret you carry needs somewhere warm to wait.

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