Definitions for crotchkrɒtʃ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

crotchkrɒtʃ(n.)

  1. a place where something divides, as the human body between the legs.

  2. the part of trousers, panties, etc., where the two legs or panels join.

    Category: Clothing

  3. a piece of material serving as a juncture between the legs or panels of trousers, underpants, etc.

    Category: Clothing

  4. the area of a tree at which a main branch joins the trunk.

  5. a forked object, as a staff with a forked top.

Origin of crotch:

1530–40; var. of crutch

crotched(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. fork, crotch(noun)

    the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches

    "they took the south fork"; "he climbed into the crotch of a tree"

  2. crotch, fork(noun)

    the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk

  3. genitalia, genital organ, genitals, private parts, privates, crotch(noun)

    external sex organ

Wiktionary

  1. crotch(Noun)

    The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place.

    There is a child sitting in a crotch of that tree.

  2. crotch(Noun)

    The (ventral) area of a personu2019s body where the legs fork from the trunk

    Every mile they rode their crotches felt worse saddlepain.

  3. crotch(Noun)

    Either the male or female genitalia.

    He cringed at being kicked in the crotch.

  4. Origin: From croche

Webster Dictionary

  1. Crotch(noun)

    the angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree

  2. Crotch(noun)

    a stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch


Translations for crotch

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

crotch(nouns)

in humans, the place where the legs meet together and join the body.

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