What is the word that describes the ((human) female) breast’s shape?
Phallic is fairly common. Yonic, vulvic, or labial were suggested as antonyms.
What is the word to describe the breast’s shape?
We cover up three areas: the male groin, the female groin, and the female chest. Why are there special words for the first two but not the last one?
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Phallic is fairly common. Yonic, vulvic, or labial were suggested as antonyms.
What is the word to describe the breast’s shape?
We cover up three areas: the male groin, the female groin, and the female chest. Why are there special words for the first two but not the last one?
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Why should every word have an identical set of word forms or equivalents? There's nothing wrong with a breast-shaped dome.
– Jason Bassford
7 hours ago
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Don’t you really mean to ask why it is that you don’t know them? :) This is hard for us to answer. I’ve edited your question to be a ᴡʜᴀᴛ question not a ᴡʜʏ question to make it more answerable.
– tchrist♦
6 hours ago
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Is a breast not mammary?
– Andrew Leach♦
6 hours ago
@AndrewLeach I would need more convincing that it's more than the specific milk parts: platypus and other monotremes have mammary glands but not breasts. A mammogram images the internal structures but the removal is a mastectomy not "mammectomy"
– user662852
6 hours ago
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There is no word for the female breast shape because there is no such thing as the female breast shape. Entire scientific careers have been spent on trying to categorize them. That one German guy counted 28. Not variations, top-level categories. Which category exactly are you looking to name? Because he does have a dedicated term for every single one.
– RegDwigнt♦
2 hours ago
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Phallic is fairly common. Yonic, vulvic, or labial were suggested as antonyms.
What is the word to describe the breast’s shape?
We cover up three areas: the male groin, the female groin, and the female chest. Why are there special words for the first two but not the last one?
single-word-requests terminology
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Phallic is fairly common. Yonic, vulvic, or labial were suggested as antonyms.
What is the word to describe the breast’s shape?
We cover up three areas: the male groin, the female groin, and the female chest. Why are there special words for the first two but not the last one?
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Why should every word have an identical set of word forms or equivalents? There's nothing wrong with a breast-shaped dome.
– Jason Bassford
7 hours ago
3
Don’t you really mean to ask why it is that you don’t know them? :) This is hard for us to answer. I’ve edited your question to be a ᴡʜᴀᴛ question not a ᴡʜʏ question to make it more answerable.
– tchrist♦
6 hours ago
3
Is a breast not mammary?
– Andrew Leach♦
6 hours ago
@AndrewLeach I would need more convincing that it's more than the specific milk parts: platypus and other monotremes have mammary glands but not breasts. A mammogram images the internal structures but the removal is a mastectomy not "mammectomy"
– user662852
6 hours ago
2
There is no word for the female breast shape because there is no such thing as the female breast shape. Entire scientific careers have been spent on trying to categorize them. That one German guy counted 28. Not variations, top-level categories. Which category exactly are you looking to name? Because he does have a dedicated term for every single one.
– RegDwigнt♦
2 hours ago
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show 6 more comments
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Why should every word have an identical set of word forms or equivalents? There's nothing wrong with a breast-shaped dome.
– Jason Bassford
7 hours ago
3
Don’t you really mean to ask why it is that you don’t know them? :) This is hard for us to answer. I’ve edited your question to be a ᴡʜᴀᴛ question not a ᴡʜʏ question to make it more answerable.
– tchrist♦
6 hours ago
3
Is a breast not mammary?
– Andrew Leach♦
6 hours ago
@AndrewLeach I would need more convincing that it's more than the specific milk parts: platypus and other monotremes have mammary glands but not breasts. A mammogram images the internal structures but the removal is a mastectomy not "mammectomy"
– user662852
6 hours ago
2
There is no word for the female breast shape because there is no such thing as the female breast shape. Entire scientific careers have been spent on trying to categorize them. That one German guy counted 28. Not variations, top-level categories. Which category exactly are you looking to name? Because he does have a dedicated term for every single one.
– RegDwigнt♦
2 hours ago
3
3
Why should every word have an identical set of word forms or equivalents? There's nothing wrong with a breast-shaped dome.
– Jason Bassford
7 hours ago
Why should every word have an identical set of word forms or equivalents? There's nothing wrong with a breast-shaped dome.
– Jason Bassford
7 hours ago
3
3
Don’t you really mean to ask why it is that you don’t know them? :) This is hard for us to answer. I’ve edited your question to be a ᴡʜᴀᴛ question not a ᴡʜʏ question to make it more answerable.
– tchrist♦
6 hours ago
Don’t you really mean to ask why it is that you don’t know them? :) This is hard for us to answer. I’ve edited your question to be a ᴡʜᴀᴛ question not a ᴡʜʏ question to make it more answerable.
– tchrist♦
6 hours ago
3
3
Is a breast not mammary?
– Andrew Leach♦
6 hours ago
Is a breast not mammary?
– Andrew Leach♦
6 hours ago
@AndrewLeach I would need more convincing that it's more than the specific milk parts: platypus and other monotremes have mammary glands but not breasts. A mammogram images the internal structures but the removal is a mastectomy not "mammectomy"
– user662852
6 hours ago
@AndrewLeach I would need more convincing that it's more than the specific milk parts: platypus and other monotremes have mammary glands but not breasts. A mammogram images the internal structures but the removal is a mastectomy not "mammectomy"
– user662852
6 hours ago
2
2
There is no word for the female breast shape because there is no such thing as the female breast shape. Entire scientific careers have been spent on trying to categorize them. That one German guy counted 28. Not variations, top-level categories. Which category exactly are you looking to name? Because he does have a dedicated term for every single one.
– RegDwigнt♦
2 hours ago
There is no word for the female breast shape because there is no such thing as the female breast shape. Entire scientific careers have been spent on trying to categorize them. That one German guy counted 28. Not variations, top-level categories. Which category exactly are you looking to name? Because he does have a dedicated term for every single one.
– RegDwigнt♦
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Mammillar and Mamillary are (apparently) used to refer to things that are breast or nipple shaped (but are not breasts or nipples).
The non-OED Oxford dictionaries (for mammillary):
Shaped like or resembling a breast or nipple
The free dictionary (for mammillar):
(Biology) resembling a breast or nipple
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The term you're looking for is breast-shaped.
Examples:
Winter Park may buy breast-shaped building on Lee Road (Orlando Sentinel, 2014)
During the colonial and early American periods, the mountain was known as "Mamelle" mountain. "Mamelle" is a name commonly applied in the French-speaking parts of the world to a breast or any breast-shaped hill. (Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, 2016)
Is the breast-shaped shadow on St. Mary’s Cathedral an accident or a clever prank? (KALW, 2018)
But many mountains that have breast-related names are not shaped remotely like any breast I've ever enountered. For a prime example en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Teton Whoever named that had been a LONG time without female companionship :-)
– jamesqf
23 mins ago
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I would suggest "mammillary", since it appears in the phrase "mammillary body", the usual term for a brain region named for its breast-like shape.
The link is faulty.
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
@Mari-LouA Fixed, thanks.
– Kodiologist
1 hour ago
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The equivalent term you seek is: mammatic "breast-like"
e.g. mammatic clouds
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Mammillar and Mamillary are (apparently) used to refer to things that are breast or nipple shaped (but are not breasts or nipples).
The non-OED Oxford dictionaries (for mammillary):
Shaped like or resembling a breast or nipple
The free dictionary (for mammillar):
(Biology) resembling a breast or nipple
add a comment |
Mammillar and Mamillary are (apparently) used to refer to things that are breast or nipple shaped (but are not breasts or nipples).
The non-OED Oxford dictionaries (for mammillary):
Shaped like or resembling a breast or nipple
The free dictionary (for mammillar):
(Biology) resembling a breast or nipple
add a comment |
Mammillar and Mamillary are (apparently) used to refer to things that are breast or nipple shaped (but are not breasts or nipples).
The non-OED Oxford dictionaries (for mammillary):
Shaped like or resembling a breast or nipple
The free dictionary (for mammillar):
(Biology) resembling a breast or nipple
Mammillar and Mamillary are (apparently) used to refer to things that are breast or nipple shaped (but are not breasts or nipples).
The non-OED Oxford dictionaries (for mammillary):
Shaped like or resembling a breast or nipple
The free dictionary (for mammillar):
(Biology) resembling a breast or nipple
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The term you're looking for is breast-shaped.
Examples:
Winter Park may buy breast-shaped building on Lee Road (Orlando Sentinel, 2014)
During the colonial and early American periods, the mountain was known as "Mamelle" mountain. "Mamelle" is a name commonly applied in the French-speaking parts of the world to a breast or any breast-shaped hill. (Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, 2016)
Is the breast-shaped shadow on St. Mary’s Cathedral an accident or a clever prank? (KALW, 2018)
But many mountains that have breast-related names are not shaped remotely like any breast I've ever enountered. For a prime example en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Teton Whoever named that had been a LONG time without female companionship :-)
– jamesqf
23 mins ago
add a comment |
The term you're looking for is breast-shaped.
Examples:
Winter Park may buy breast-shaped building on Lee Road (Orlando Sentinel, 2014)
During the colonial and early American periods, the mountain was known as "Mamelle" mountain. "Mamelle" is a name commonly applied in the French-speaking parts of the world to a breast or any breast-shaped hill. (Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, 2016)
Is the breast-shaped shadow on St. Mary’s Cathedral an accident or a clever prank? (KALW, 2018)
But many mountains that have breast-related names are not shaped remotely like any breast I've ever enountered. For a prime example en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Teton Whoever named that had been a LONG time without female companionship :-)
– jamesqf
23 mins ago
add a comment |
The term you're looking for is breast-shaped.
Examples:
Winter Park may buy breast-shaped building on Lee Road (Orlando Sentinel, 2014)
During the colonial and early American periods, the mountain was known as "Mamelle" mountain. "Mamelle" is a name commonly applied in the French-speaking parts of the world to a breast or any breast-shaped hill. (Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, 2016)
Is the breast-shaped shadow on St. Mary’s Cathedral an accident or a clever prank? (KALW, 2018)
The term you're looking for is breast-shaped.
Examples:
Winter Park may buy breast-shaped building on Lee Road (Orlando Sentinel, 2014)
During the colonial and early American periods, the mountain was known as "Mamelle" mountain. "Mamelle" is a name commonly applied in the French-speaking parts of the world to a breast or any breast-shaped hill. (Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, 2016)
Is the breast-shaped shadow on St. Mary’s Cathedral an accident or a clever prank? (KALW, 2018)
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But many mountains that have breast-related names are not shaped remotely like any breast I've ever enountered. For a prime example en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Teton Whoever named that had been a LONG time without female companionship :-)
– jamesqf
23 mins ago
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But many mountains that have breast-related names are not shaped remotely like any breast I've ever enountered. For a prime example en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Teton Whoever named that had been a LONG time without female companionship :-)
– jamesqf
23 mins ago
But many mountains that have breast-related names are not shaped remotely like any breast I've ever enountered. For a prime example en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Teton Whoever named that had been a LONG time without female companionship :-)
– jamesqf
23 mins ago
But many mountains that have breast-related names are not shaped remotely like any breast I've ever enountered. For a prime example en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Teton Whoever named that had been a LONG time without female companionship :-)
– jamesqf
23 mins ago
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I would suggest "mammillary", since it appears in the phrase "mammillary body", the usual term for a brain region named for its breast-like shape.
The link is faulty.
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
@Mari-LouA Fixed, thanks.
– Kodiologist
1 hour ago
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I would suggest "mammillary", since it appears in the phrase "mammillary body", the usual term for a brain region named for its breast-like shape.
The link is faulty.
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
@Mari-LouA Fixed, thanks.
– Kodiologist
1 hour ago
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I would suggest "mammillary", since it appears in the phrase "mammillary body", the usual term for a brain region named for its breast-like shape.
I would suggest "mammillary", since it appears in the phrase "mammillary body", the usual term for a brain region named for its breast-like shape.
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The link is faulty.
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
@Mari-LouA Fixed, thanks.
– Kodiologist
1 hour ago
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The link is faulty.
– Mari-Lou A
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@Mari-LouA Fixed, thanks.
– Kodiologist
1 hour ago
The link is faulty.
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
The link is faulty.
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
@Mari-LouA Fixed, thanks.
– Kodiologist
1 hour ago
@Mari-LouA Fixed, thanks.
– Kodiologist
1 hour ago
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The equivalent term you seek is: mammatic "breast-like"
e.g. mammatic clouds
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The equivalent term you seek is: mammatic "breast-like"
e.g. mammatic clouds
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The equivalent term you seek is: mammatic "breast-like"
e.g. mammatic clouds
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The equivalent term you seek is: mammatic "breast-like"
e.g. mammatic clouds
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Why should every word have an identical set of word forms or equivalents? There's nothing wrong with a breast-shaped dome.
– Jason Bassford
7 hours ago
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Don’t you really mean to ask why it is that you don’t know them? :) This is hard for us to answer. I’ve edited your question to be a ᴡʜᴀᴛ question not a ᴡʜʏ question to make it more answerable.
– tchrist♦
6 hours ago
3
Is a breast not mammary?
– Andrew Leach♦
6 hours ago
@AndrewLeach I would need more convincing that it's more than the specific milk parts: platypus and other monotremes have mammary glands but not breasts. A mammogram images the internal structures but the removal is a mastectomy not "mammectomy"
– user662852
6 hours ago
2
There is no word for the female breast shape because there is no such thing as the female breast shape. Entire scientific careers have been spent on trying to categorize them. That one German guy counted 28. Not variations, top-level categories. Which category exactly are you looking to name? Because he does have a dedicated term for every single one.
– RegDwigнt♦
2 hours ago