bodice

n.

1. The fitted part of a dress that extends from the waist to the shoulder.
2. A woman's laced outer garment, worn like a vest over a blouse.
3. Obsolete. A corset.

[Alteration of bodies, pl. of BODY.]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: part of a dress above the waist

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - livstykke, overdel

idioms:

• bodice ripping    forførende

Nederlands (Dutch)
lijfje

Français (French)
n. - corsage, corselet, cache-corset

idioms:

• bodice ripping    roman de cape et d'épée

Deutsch (German)
n. - Oberteil (Kleid), Mieder

idioms:

• bodice ripping    unverhüllten Sex enthaltend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπούστο(ς), κορσάζ, κορμάκι

idioms:

• bodice ripping    επίδειξη ανδρισμού με θύμα τις γυναίκες

Italiano (Italian)
corsetto

idioms:

• bodice-ripping    romanzo erotico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - corpete (m) de vestido, corpinho (m) (bras.)

idioms:

• bodice ripping    estória romântica

Русский (Russian)
корсаж, лиф

idioms:

• bodice ripping    романтичный (роман)

Español (Spanish)
n. - corpiño, cuerpo

idioms:

• bodice ripping    novela histórica romántica y violenta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - livstycke, blusliv

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
女装的上半部, 妇女紧身胸衣, 女用紧身马甲

idioms:

• bodice ripping    英雄救美的言情小说

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 女裝的上半部, 婦女緊身胸衣, 女用緊身馬甲

idioms:

• bodice ripping    英雄救美的言情小說

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 보디스(끈으로 가슴,허리를 조여 매는 여자용 웃옷), 부인 복의 허리 부분, 코르셋

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 胴部, 婦人用の胴着, 婦人用胴着

idioms:

• bodice ripping    性描写の激しい恋愛小説や映画

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صدر فستان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חלק עליון בשמלה, לסוטה‬

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