🇬🇧 Cleavage meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

“Cleavage” is a word we use to talk about the space or line you can see between a woman’s breasts when her shirt or dress is cut low in the front. It’s part of how some clothes look and how some grown‑ups choose to dress. It’s a body word we usually use when talking about what clothes show or don’t show on the top part of a woman’s chest.

The fashion designer announced a ‘no crumbs in your cleavage’ rule after the models kept snacking between scenes.

Mom said her new top showed ‘too much cleavage for the grocery store,’ which made us all wonder what the correct grocery‑store cleavage level actually is.

The witch’s potion accidentally gave the frog a sparkly dress with magical cleavage, and suddenly all the other frogs wanted fashion tips.

When the magician bowed too low, her sparkly robe slipped and showed so much cleavage that even the rabbit covered its eyes with its ears.

The word “cleavage” originally meant “a split or division,” and only later started being used to talk about the space between breasts.

She reached a high shelf; a gust lifted her blouse and a crowd saw cleavage. She grabbed an apron, pressed it over cleavage, cheeks hot. A friend offered a napkin, glancing at the sudden cleavage. She glanced down at her cleavage, laughed, tucked the shirt, the cleavage hidden, and they sipped coffee.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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