"cleavage" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkliːvɪdʒ/ [UK], /ˈklivɪdʒ/ [US] Audio: en-au-cleavage.ogg [Australia] Forms: cleavage, cleavages [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Cleavage is the gap between a woman's breasts.
    Sense id: simple-cleavage-en-noun-LF8xDMwW
  2. Cleavage is a when something is split into two parts.
    Sense id: simple-cleavage-en-noun-uMXTUF3X
     
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  "hyphenation": "cleav‧age",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Her low cut dress showed her cleavage."
        }
      ],
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      ],
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There was a cleavage in the group between those who wanted to wait and those who wanted to leave."
        }
      ],
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        "Cleavage is a when something is split into two parts."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklivɪdʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-cleavage.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cleavage"
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      ]
    },
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
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  ],
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Her low cut dress showed her cleavage."
        }
      ],
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        "Cleavage is the gap between a woman's breasts."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There was a cleavage in the group between those who wanted to wait and those who wanted to leave."
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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