bust

/bʌst/ noun [C]

Definition

BREASTS › a woman's breasts, or their size in relation to clothing: a 36-inch bust

MODEL › a model of someone's head and shoulders: a bronze bust of the Queen

a drug bust › when the police catch people selling or using illegal drugs: Officers arrested two men in a major drug bust last night.

(Definition of bust noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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