bra
Word-form referencesbro
Pronunciations (3)
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/bɹɑː/
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[bɹɐ̞]
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/bɹæ/
Noun
An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts.
- Examples
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More examples (1)
Mary felt annoyed at the girl; just because bras had become passé, did a girl with so pronounced a bosom have to cater to fashion? In this case practicality dictated a bra, and Mary stood at the desk feeling herself flushing with disapproval.
Her housecoat had fallen open. She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing.
Noun
One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the row vector; the other (column) vector being its complex conjugate, the ket.
- Related words
- bra-ketket-bra
Noun
an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
- Broader terms
Word forms
brasbrassierebrassière