BRA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bra mean? 

• BRA (noun)
  The noun BRA has 1 sense:

1. an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts

  Familiarity information: BRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bandeau; bra; brassiere

Hypernyms ("bra" is a kind of...):

undergarment; unmentionable (a garment worn under other garments)

woman's clothing (clothing that is designed for women to wear)

Meronyms (parts of "bra"):

shoulder strap; strap (a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bra"):

uplift (a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts)

 Context examples 

Instead of breast reconstruction, you could choose to wear a breast form that replaces the breast, wear padding inside your bra, or do nothing.

(Breast Reconstruction, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

A question about whether an individual's bra fits differently between the treated and untreated breast since treatment for breast cancer.

(Fit of Bra Difference Since Breast Cancer Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)

The long, many-pillared room, with its mirrors and chandeliers, was crowded with full-blooded, loud-voiced men-about-town, all in the same dark evening dress with white silk stockings, cambric shirt-fronts, and little, flat chapeau-bras under their arms.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)