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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
bosom
 
SYLLABICATION:bos·om
PRONUNCIATION:  bzm, bzm
NOUN:1a. The chest of a human: He held the sleepy child to his bosom. b. A woman's breast or breasts. 2. The part of a garment covering the chest or breasts. 3. The security and closeness likened to being held in a warm familial embrace: We welcomed the stranger into the bosom of our family. 4. The chest considered as the source of emotion.
ADJECTIVE: Beloved; intimate: a bosom friend.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old English bsm.
 
 
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