: a woman's undergarment to cover and support the breasts
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Heading to lunch in a YSL Rive Gauche dress and another woman’s brassiere?
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Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2025
If there was a third hand available, it should also be pointed out that the Apollo suits were made by International Latex Corporation, which brought the company's experience making brassieres and girdles to the problem of making space suits out of latex and specialized textiles.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024
The aqua push-up brassiere is handset with nearly 3,400 precious gems, including 142 carats of white and yellow diamonds, pearls, faceted citrines and aquamarines, all set in 18-karat white and yellow gold.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
The ensemble includes seven pieces from Industrial Light & Magic chief sculptor Richard Miller’s collection–a bikini brassiere, bikini plates, hip rings, an armlet and bracelet.
—Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 27 July 2024
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Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2025
If there was a third hand available, it should also be pointed out that the Apollo suits were made by International Latex Corporation, which brought the company's experience making brassieres and girdles to the problem of making space suits out of latex and specialized textiles.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024
The aqua push-up brassiere is handset with nearly 3,400 precious gems, including 142 carats of white and yellow diamonds, pearls, faceted citrines and aquamarines, all set in 18-karat white and yellow gold.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
The ensemble includes seven pieces from Industrial Light & Magic chief sculptor Richard Miller’s collection–a bikini brassiere, bikini plates, hip rings, an armlet and bracelet.
—Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 27 July 2024
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“Brassiere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brassiere. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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brassiere
noun
bras·siere
brə-ˈzi(ə)r 
also ˌbras-ē-ˈe(ə)r
: a woman's close-fitting undergarment to cover and support the breasts
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