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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024crotch /krɑtʃ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a place where something divides, such as the human body between the legs:The pants were measured from his crotch down to the tops of his shoes.
- Clothingthe part of trousers, panties, etc., where the two legs or panels join.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024crotch (kroch),USA pronunciation n. - a forking or place of forking, as of the human body between the legs.
- Clothingthe part of a pair of trousers, panties, or the like, formed by the joining of the two legs.
- Clothinga piece of material serving to form a juncture between the legs of trousers, panties, etc.
- a forked piece, part, support, etc., as a staff with a forked top.
- Games[Billiards.]
- an area 4½ in. (11.4 cm) square at each corner of a billiard table.
- the situation in which both balls to be struck by the cue ball are within this area.
- Nautical, Naval Termscrutch (def. 6).
- Buildingthe area of a tree at which a main branch joins the trunk.
- Buildingthe wood from such an area; crotchwood.
- variant of crutch 1530–40
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: crotch /krɒtʃ/ n
Also called (Brit): crutch the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk- the human external genitals or the genital area
- the corresponding part of a pair of trousers, pants, etc
- a forked region formed by the junction of two members
- a forked pole or stick
Etymology: 16th Century: probably variant of crutchcrotched adj |