OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 12166

cleavage

/ˈkliː.vɪd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
canalillo • descote • escotadura • escote
The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
Low-cut Restoration costumes worn by the Misses Lockwood and Roc (see cut) display too much "cleavage" (Johnston Office trade term for the shadowed depression dividing an actress'…
Wendy thought that her therapist was looking down her cleavage and said so. The therapist was mortified and chiefly felt guilty, unsure whether she had been looking down her patien…
exfoliación
The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes; schistosity.
Notice that cleavage has nothing to do with imperfections in the crystal. Indeed, if you try cleaving an imperfect crystal, you may find that it cannot be cleaved as well as a perf…
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