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Breech may refer to:
- Breeches, certain types of trousers; this term is older than the derived meaning 'buttock' of the word breech
- In a breech-loading weapon, the breech refers to the rear portion of the barrel which opens for ammunition loading, as well as the system used to load the round.
- Buttocks, the lower part of the human abdomen
- A breech birth
- The lower part of a pulley block
- The penetration of a boiler where exhaust gases leave it
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