breech

noun

ˈbrēch How to pronounce breech (audio)
Definition of breechnext
1
as in seat
the part of the body upon which someone sits plant yourselves on your breeches on that bench and listen to what I have to say

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2
as in pants
breeches plural an outer garment covering each leg separately from waist to ankle the mounted riders look striking in their red coats and white breeches

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Recent Examples of breech The University of Cincinnati has not issued a statement regarding the breech, but some students have reported to The Enquirer that Canvas is down. — Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 May 2026 Wildflowers dot the park’s floor during the warmer months, like spring snowdrops, bellwort, Dutchman’s breeches, and wild roses; Iowa’s pretty pink state flower (the prairie rose) also flourishes here from June through August. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 20 Apr. 2026 In addition to the trout lily, Georgia’s spring ephemerals include bloodroot, toothwort, harbinger of spring, wild geranium, blue cohosh, twinleaf, May-apple, Virginia bluebell, celandine poppy, Dutchman’s breeches, spring beauty, wood anemone, windflower, bleeding heart, phacelia and more. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026 Midwives generally recommend hospital births for high-risk patients, such as those carrying twins, those with pre-eclampsia, or when a baby is breech (head up instead of down). — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for breech
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breech
  1. seat
  2. slacks
  3. cheeks
  4. bum
  5. tail
  6. rump
  7. bottom
  8. posterior
Noun
  • Founded in 2011, Black Girls Code has spent more than a decade trying to change who gets a seat at the table in tech.
    — Carson Bonner, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • All of the tickets for the inaugural game were sold, but there were some empty seats due to the weather conditions that kept the players from taking batting practice on the field and delayed the first pitch.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of seat
Noun
  • This time Edmund Conyers answered the door wearing a pair of Ban-Lon slacks, a wife-beater T-shirt, no shirt or tie.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • The British star paired a crisp white dress shirt with a double-breasted black blazer jacket, black slacks, and black leather dress shoes.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 21 July 2026
Definition of slacks
Noun
  • Hernandez, 17, might be the most fascinating addition of the entire deadline, a both-cheeks swing of an acquisition that might take the better part of a decade to connect.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The facial fat pads that create fullness in the cheeks and temples sometimes shrink faster than skin can retract, producing a characteristic hollowing and laxity.
    — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of cheeks
Noun
  • In terms of consistency, there really is no bum track on this album.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 21 July 2026
  • The Coliseum stayed in business for 500 years, bums in seats twice a week, watching people hack each other to death.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of bum
Noun
  • What is also notable is that there’s a sharp drop-off after the top three, which is followed by a long, gradual tail.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
  • The family dog, named by local media as Rocky, was found alive after one of the rescuers spotted his tail poking out of the rubble.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of tail
Noun
  • Then, pair a Black Angus rump steak, aged for three weeks in herbed butter and redolent of fresh rosemary (€38), with a glass of a spicy-fruity Barolo from the pioneering Piedmont vintner Chiara Boschis (€22).
    — New York Times, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • This would create partition on the patriots’ terms, not Britain’s, as 13 contiguous colonies seceded from the rump of the British Empire in North America.
    — David Armitage, Washington Post, 26 June 2026
Definition of rump
Noun
  • The Mets scratched out an unearned run in the bottom of the fifth.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
  • At the bottom of all these alignment efforts, there’s a central problem—almost an abstract law.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of bottom
Noun
  • Scorpions are armed with dual front pincers (technically known as chelae or pedipalp appendages) and a venom-injecting telson, or stinger, on the posterior of their tail.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
  • The attached marathon seasons, compressed offseasons and challenging schedules that came with that stature also included generally being relegated to the posterior of the draft.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of posterior

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