🔫breech

noun
/briːtʃ/

Meaning

The back part of a gun barrel; a position of a baby in the womb where the buttocks or feet come out first at birth.

Example Sentences

The rifle was loaded through the breech.

Synonyms

rear, back, base, butt

Antonyms

front, muzzle

Collocations

breech position, breech birth, rifle breech

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