Definitions for cleavage

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cleavage cleav·age

Spelling: [klee-vij]

IPA: /ˈkli vɪdʒ/

Cleavage is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in cleavage (aaceeglv).

Definitions for cleavage

noun

1. the act of cleaving or splitting.
2. the state of being cleft.
3. the area between a woman's breasts, especially when revealed by a low-cut neckline.
4. a critical division in opinion, beliefs, interests, etc., as leading to opposition between two groups:
5. the tendency of crystals, certain minerals, rocks, etc., to break in preferred directions so as to yield more or less smooth surfaces (cleavage planes)
6. Embryology. the total or partial division of the egg into smaller cells or blastomeres.
7. Also called scission. Chemistry. the breaking down of a molecule or compound into simpler structures.

Origin of cleavage

First recorded in 1810-20; cleave² + -age

Examples for cleavage

Mr. Carus-Wilson attributes this cleavage to unequal cooling of the mass.

She wore a sea-green, V-necked frock with a modest hint of cleavage.

The cleavage of slates then is not a question of stratification; what then is its cause?

But we cannot regard the cleavage of the tree as the same in character as that of the hayrick.

The tangle of enormous fake diamonds resting on top of her cleavage sparkles at every flashbulb.

The camera lingers enough for us to glimpse her cleavage and a bit of her black bra.

Karley Sciortino leans forward, adjusting a microphone buried in her cleavage.

Try standing up to officialdom with that amount of cleavage brandished at you.

The planes of cleavage stand in most cases at a high angle to the bedding.

The cleavage of our hills is accidental cleavage, but this is cleavage with intention.