Translate bosom | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of bosom
noun
a woman’s chest:her ample bosom the dress offered a fair display of bosom (usually
bosoms)
a woman’s breast. a part of a woman’s dress covering the chest. the space between a person’s clothing and chest used for carrying things:he carried a letter in his bosom (
the bosom of)
literary the loving care and protection of:Bruno went home each night to the bosom of his family the town has taken the gay community to its bosom used to refer to the chest as the seat of emotions:quivering dread was settling in her bosom
adjective
[attributive] (of a friend) close or intimate:the two girls had become bosom friends
