Phrase Hound found 31 phrases and 196 compound words that contain bra. The most common are listed below. Open bra in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 31
- sports braA type of bra that is more supportive than an everyday bra, worn when practising sports or other physical activities.
- nursing braA bra specifically designed for breastfeeding mothers, with cups which fold down, allowing easy access to the nipple when the infant is to be fed, usually constructed of fabric only.
- training braA type of bra used by girls, usually teenage girls when their busts are still small.
- shelf braSynonym of balcony bra (“bra with half a cup”).
- push-up braA brassiere designed to elevate one's breasts and enhance one's cleavage.
- bullet braA full-support bra with cups in the shape of a paraboloid of revolution with its axis perpendicular to the breast, invented in the 1940s and popular into the 1960s.
- peek-a-boo braA bra that is more revealing than usual, revealing more of the breast and often the nipple.
- bra-burningstridently feminist
- car braA stretchy vinyl attachment to a vehicle's front bumper to protect it from minor damage.
- trainer braSynonym of training bra: A type of bra used by girls, usually teenage girls when their busts are still small.
- maternity braA nursing bra.
- balconette braSynonym of balcony bra: A half-cup bra, generally with a low horizontal cut, designed to be worn under a low-cut top.
- balcony braA half-cup bra, generally with a low horizontal cut, designed to be worn under a low-cut top.
- bra insertAn item inserted in a bra to make a breast appear larger.
- jog brajogging bra
- bra-ketThe scalar product of two vectors (and optionally an operator), in Hilbert space, where the left (row) vector is a bra and the right (column) vector is a ket. Symbolised by ⟨...|...⟩ (bra and ket only) or ⟨...|...|...⟩ (bra, operator, ket).
- bra chainA chain of interlocked bras, constructed as a fundraising event, or to try to break a record.
- bra chainsplural of bra chain: A chain of interlocked bras, constructed as a fundraising event, or to try to break a record.
- pocket braA bra with pockets for inserting breast forms.
- starter braSynonym of training bra: A type of bra used by girls, usually teenage girls when their busts are still small.
- bra burnerA strident feminist.
- cage braA kind of revealing brassiere with numerous thin straps.
- cantilever braA bra that is not supported by straps over the shoulders but, typically, by being underwired
- bra burnersplural of bra burner: A strident feminist.
- bra insertsplural of bra insert: An item inserted in a bra to make a breast appear larger.
Compound words 196
- vertebraAny of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose …
- wonderbraAny padded enhancement brassiere.
- braletteA kind of bra without an underwire, used as a training bra.
- eigenbraThe dual of an eigenket.
- unbra'dNot held by a bra.
- bramiAn item of clothing which combines elements of a bra and a camisole.
- demibraA revealing brassiere with demicups rather than full coverage of the breasts.
- handbraThe act of covering the nipples and areolae with the hands, sometimes used for modesty in photographic poses.
- brandsplural of brand: A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
- bracesplural of brace: A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.