chicken breast

noun

Meat from the body of a chicken.

“Lunch today is chicken breast with carrots.”

Similar
pigeon breast

Meanings

nounchicken breast (countable and uncountable, plural chicken breasts)

plural chicken breasts

  1. countableuncountableMeat from the body of a chicken.

    Lunch today is chicken breast with carrots.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounabnormal protrusion of the breastbone caused by rickets

Similar
pigeon breast

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan pit de pollastre
  • pit de pollastrechicken body meat
Chinese Cantonese 雞胸 /鸡胸, 雞胸肉 /鸡胸肉
  • 雞胸 /鸡胸chicken body meat
  • 雞胸肉 /鸡胸肉chicken body meat
Chinese Mandarin 雞胸 /鸡胸, 雞胸肉 /鸡胸肉
  • 雞胸 /鸡胸 (jīxiōng)chicken body meat
  • 雞胸肉 /鸡胸肉 (jīxiōngròu)chicken body meat
Finnish kananrinta
  • kananrintachicken body meat
French blanc de poulet
  • blanc de pouletchicken body meat
Japanese 鶏胸肉
  • 鶏胸肉 (torimune niku)chicken body meat
Korean 닭가슴살
  • 닭가슴살 (dak gaseumsal)chicken body meat
Portuguese peito de galinha
  • peito de galinhachicken body meat
Russian кури́ная гру́дка
  • кури́ная гру́дка (kurínaja grúdka)chicken body meat
Spanish pechuga de pollo
  • pechuga de pollochicken body meat
Swedish kycklingbröst
  • kycklingbröstchicken body meat
Turkish tavuk göğsü
  • tavuk göğsüchicken body meat
Vietnamese ức gà
  • ức gàchicken body meat
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“chicken breast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chicken%20breast. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chicken breast,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chicken%20breast.

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