waist
waist is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship.
- 2.A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line.
- 3.A girdle or belt for the waist. [Obs.] Shak. Waist anchor. See Sheet anchor, 1, in the Vocabulary.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- anatomy
- and
- angustation
- bone
- breadth
- closeness
- coarctation
- constriction
- contraction
- deposition
- emaciation
- exiguity
- exility
- filament
- ghat
- ghaut
- hourglass
- isthmus
- lantern
- line
- little
- macilency
- marcor
- mere
- middle
- narrowing
- narrowness
- neck
- paper
- pass
- ravine
- ridge
- shadow
- shaving
- skeleton
- skin
- slip
- spindleshanks
- streak
- stricture
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is waist.
- What is hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship called?
- What is a garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line called?
- What is a girdle or belt for the waist. [Obs.] Shak. Waist anchor. See Sheet anchor, 1, in the Vocabulary called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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