chicken breast

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. a congenital or acquired malformation of the chest in which there is abnormal projection of the sternum and the sternal region, often associated with rickets.

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chicken breast British  

noun

1. pathol another name for pigeon breast

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Other Word Forms

• chicken-breasted adjective
• chicken-breastedness noun

Etymology

Origin of chicken breast

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

The chicken bake — Costco’s breaded delicacy stuffed with strips of chicken breast, bacon, cheese, green onions and Caesar dressing — is ringing up for $1 more at the food court.

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Sure, there’s the technical stuff: the knife skills, the timing, the intuitive moment when you know a chicken breast is cooked through but not yet dry.

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This round, chicken breasts and chicken sausage became my anchors: affordable, versatile, and easy to batch.

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There was the chicken breast I marinated in lemon juice, rice vinegar and balsamic reduction — a trio I would now classify, gently, as a vinaigrette bloodbath.

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Swirl it onto a plate beneath crispy chicken breasts or charred broccoli.

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