pectoral muscle

Questions about pectoral muscle

What does pectoral muscle mean?

pectoral muscle means "either of two large muscles of the chest".

What is another word for pectoral muscle?

Close synonyms include pectoral, pectoralis, musculus pectoralis, pecs. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pectoral muscle a common word?

pectoral muscle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.