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# bodice

«bodice» in Mova's school dictionary: **the top part of a dress, fitted to the chest and waist…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (bodices)

### meaning for a pupil

The bodice is the top part of a dress, fitted to the chest and waist, often laced or buttoned at the front. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodice/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales a bodice is the laced part of a dress that is undone or washed; it is a piece of clothing, not a body part

### examples

- She unlaced her bodice and sat down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodice/#x1)
- The girl sewed a blue bodice for her doll. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodice/#x2)
- The cloth was used to wash the bodice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodice/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bodice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.