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Soft spot

//sɒft spɒt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sentimental fondness or affection. idiomatic

    "I'm embarrassed to admit it hit the soft spot in my heart / When I found out you wrote the book I read"

  2. 2
    a place of especial vulnerability wordnet
  3. 3
    A point of vulnerability in a defence.
  4. 4
    any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus wordnet
  5. 5
    A fontanelle.
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  1. 6
    a sentimental affection wordnet

Etymology

Late 18th c.

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