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crotch

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun crotch has 3 senses

crotch(n = noun.shape) fork - 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"

is a kind of branch, leg, ramification

crotch(n = noun.body) fork - the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk; Array

is a part of body, organic structure, physical structure

is a kind of angle

crotch(n = noun.body) genital organ, genitalia, genitals, private parts, privates - external sex organ; Array

is a kind of reproductive organ, sex organ

has particulars: pudendum, fanny, female genital organ, female genitalia, female genitals, family jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals

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CIDE DICTIONARY

crotch, n. [Cf. Crotchet, Crutch.].

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. [1913 Webster]
A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch. Totten. [1913 Webster]
In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table. See Crotched, below. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

crotch, v. t.

To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to; as, to crotch the ends of ropes in splicing or tying knots. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs in hauling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

crotch, n. a place where something forks, esp. the legs of the human body or a garment (cf. CRUTCH).

Etymology

perh. = ME & OF croc(he) hook, formed as CROOK

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crotch

Angularity

N angularity, angularness, aduncity, angle, cusp, bend, fold, notch, fork, bifurcation, elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke, scythe, sickle, zigzag, kimbo, akimbo, corner, nook, recess, niche, oriel, coign, right angle, obliquity, angle of 45 degrees, miter, acute angle, obtuse angle, salient angle, reentering angle, spherical angle, angular measurement, angular elevation, angular distance, angular velocity, trigonometry, goniometry, altimetry, clinometer, graphometer, goniometer, theodolite, sextant, quadrant, dichotomy, triangle, trigon, wedge, rectangle, square, lozenge, diamond, rhomb, rhombus, quadrangle, quadrilateral, parallelogram, quadrature, polygon, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, oxygon, decagon, pyramid, cone, Platonic bodies, cube, rhomboid, tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron, prism, pyramid, parallelopiped, curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, angular, bent, crooked, aduncous, uncinated, aquiline, jagged, serrated, falciform, falcated, furcated, forked, bifurcate, zigzag, furcular, hooked, dovetailed, knock kneed, crinkled, akimbo, kimbo, geniculated, oblique, fusiform, wedge-shaped, cuneiform, cuneate, multangular, oxygonal, triangular, trigonal, trilateral, quadrangular, quadrilateral, foursquare, rectangular, square, multilateral, polygonal, cubical, rhomboid, rhomboidal, pyramidal.

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