pigeon-breasted

1. 1.

   having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets

   Synonymschicken-breasted

   Similarunshapely

Questions about pigeon-breasted

What does pigeon-breasted mean?

pigeon-breasted means "having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets".

How many syllables are in pigeon-breasted?

pigeon-breasted has 6 syllables and divides as pi-ge-on--bre-a-sted under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pigeon-breasted?

Close synonyms include chicken-breasted. 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.