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breech

breech
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [noun breech; verb breech, brich]
    • /noun britʃ; verb britʃ, brɪtʃ/
    • /briːtʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [noun breech; verb breech, brich]
    • /noun britʃ; verb britʃ, brɪtʃ/

Definitions of breech word

  • countable noun breech The breech of a gun is the part of the barrel at the back into which you load the bullets. 3
  • noun breech the lower dorsal part of the human trunk; buttocks; rump 3
  • noun breech the lower part or bottom of something 3
  • noun breech the lower portion of a pulley block, esp the part to which the rope or chain is secured 3
  • noun breech the part of a firearm behind the barrel or bore 3
  • verb breech to fit (a gun) with a breech 3

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Origin of breech

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English breeche, Old English brēc, plural of brōc; cognate with Old Norse brōk, Old High German bruoh

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Breech

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

breech popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for breech

noun breech

  • bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
  • backside — Your backside is the part of your body that you sit on.
  • posterior — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
  • seat — something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
  • tail — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.

verb breech

  • drape — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
  • dress up — of or for a dress or dresses.
  • swaddle — to bind (an infant, especially a newborn infant) with long, narrow strips of cloth to prevent free movement; wrap tightly with clothes.
  • swathe — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
  • fit — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.

Antonyms for breech

noun breech

  • front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
  • outside — the outer side, surface, or part; exterior: The outside of the house needs painting.
  • top — Technical/Office Protocol
  • annex — If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it.
  • offshoot — a branch or lateral shoot from a main stem, as of a plant.

verb breech

  • uncover — to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
  • disrobe — Take off one's clothes.
  • reveal — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
  • open — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
  • unclothe — to strip of clothes.

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