The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word BREASTS
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What does BREASTS mean?
BREASTS noun- Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
- The chest, or front of the human thorax.
- A section of clothing covering the breast area.
- The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.
- The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.
- A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
- The front or forward part of anything.
- The face of a coal working.
- The front of a furnace.
- The power of singing; a musical voice.
- To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.
- To reach the top (of a hill).
- To debreast.