Usually means: Related to the chest muscles.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word pectoral:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. pectoral: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. pectoral: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pectoral: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pectoral: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pectoral: Vocabulary.com
  6. Pectoral, pectoral: Wordnik
  7. pectoral: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. pectoral: Wiktionary
  9. pectoral: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. pectoral: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. pectoral: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. pectoral: Dictionary.com
  13. pectoral (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Pectoral (Ancient Egypt), Pectoral: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Pectoral: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. pectoral: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. pectoral: Rhymezone
  18. Pectoral: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. pectoral: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. pectoral: Free Dictionary
  21. pectoral: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. pectoral: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pectoral: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pectoral: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  4. pectoral: Medical dictionary
  5. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PECTORAL: Masonic Dictionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pectoral: Catholic Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Bird On! (No longer online)

(Note: See pectorals as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest.
adjective:  Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs.
adjective:  (zoology) Having the breast conspicuously colored.
noun:  A pectoral fin.
noun:  Protective armor for a horse's breast.
noun:  A covering or protection for the breast.
noun:  A breastplate, especially that worn by the Jewish high priest.
noun:  (ecclesiastical) A clasp, cross, or ornamental square of cloth etc. worn upon the breast.
noun:  (historical) An ancient Egyptian item of jewelry worn upon the chest, often part of (or constituting) a necklace or collar.
noun:  A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.

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