"sports bra" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sports bras [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sports bra (plural sports bras)
  1. A type of bra that is more supportive than an everyday bra, worn when practising sports or other physical activities. Wikipedia link: sports bra Categories (topical): Underwear Translations (bra worn when playing various sports): 運動胸衣 (Chinese Mandarin), 运动胸衣 (yùndòng xiōngyī) (Chinese Mandarin), 運動文胸 (Chinese Mandarin), 运动文胸 (yùndòng wénxiōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 運動內衣 (Chinese Mandarin), 运动内衣 (yùndòng nèiyī) (Chinese Mandarin), urheilurintaliivit [plural] (Finnish), Sport-BH [masculine] (German), スポーツブラ (supōtsubura) (Japanese), スポブラ (supobura) (Japanese), sportbehå [common-gender] (Swedish), sport-bh [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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