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cleavages

noun

Meaning

  1. The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
  2. The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
  3. (by extension) Any similar separation between two body parts, such as the buttocks or toes.
  4. The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.
  5. The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
  6. The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data