STRETCH MARK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("stretch mark" is a kind of...):

band; banding; stria; striation (a stripe or stripes of contrasting color)

Domain category:

gestation; maternity; pregnancy (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)

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