Meaning of 'cleavage'

Find the meaning of the word ‘cleavage’

Valid in these dictionaries

  • TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
  • SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
  • ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of ‘cleavage’

5 definitions found.

cleavage

noun

the act of cleaving or splitting

noun

the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts)

noun

(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum

Synonyms: segmentation

noun

the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules

noun

the state of being split or cleft

Example: "there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members"

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark and all the game's intellectual property rights in the USA and Canada belong to Hasbro Inc., while the rest of the world's rights belong to J.W. Spear & Sons Limited, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Hasbro, Mattel, and Spear are not associated, and Zynga's Words with Friends is a trademark. We have no affiliation with SCRABBLE®, Mattel, Spear, Hasbro, Zynga, or Words with Friends games in any way. The purpose of this site is solely for entertainment and informational purposes.

© Copyright 2023 - Unscrambler.org