as in fat
of a woman
having a pleasingly rounded body with large breasts
a buxom blonde
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Her body looked nicely curved but neither buxom nor model-elegant.
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IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2014
In one, a buxom woman appraises herself in a shop mirror as an attendant offers her a too-slender frock.
—Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
The magazine, which for years drew buzz for covers with some of the skimpiest bikinis and most buxom of models, has taken a different approach of late.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
The documentary’s subject, the buxom blonde Guess and Playboy model who became a cultural caricature before dying from an accidental drug overdose in 2007 at age 39, was misunderstood.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
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IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2014
In one, a buxom woman appraises herself in a shop mirror as an attendant offers her a too-slender frock.
—Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
The magazine, which for years drew buzz for covers with some of the skimpiest bikinis and most buxom of models, has taken a different approach of late.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
The documentary’s subject, the buxom blonde Guess and Playboy model who became a cultural caricature before dying from an accidental drug overdose in 2007 at age 39, was misunderstood.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
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“Buxom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buxom. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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