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-breastedness
  noun
• chicken-breasted
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of chicken breast

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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chicken breast

Nationally, a pound of chicken breast cost $4.15 and cheddar cheese cost $5.79 a pound, both little changed from a year earlier, according to the Labor Department.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

It’s a grilled chicken breast, and I get it with a double side of steamed broccoli instead of rice.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025

Similar to how I cook chicken breast in the air fryer, my primary goal is texture: crispness, browning, crunch.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2025

In the experiments the researchers cooked chicken breast using five different methods: pan frying, stir-frying, deep-fat frying, boiling and air-frying, in a well-controlled research kitchen.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024

He lifts the lid of the pan on the stove, and steam escapes, along with the rich, juicy smell of chicken saltimbocca—little jelly rolls of chicken breast stuffed with spinach and prosciutto.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti