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bosom

 
/ˈbʊz·əm/ n [C usually sing]

Definition

a woman’s breasts or the front of a person’s chest, esp. when thought of as the center of human feelings The bosom of a group is the middle of it: He felt safe in the bosom of his family.
(Definition of bosom n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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