Groin

Noun

 * 1) The long narrow depression of the human body that separates the trunk from the legs.
 * 2)  The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
 * 3)  The surface formed by two such vaults.
 * 4) A structure projecting from a beach to change the pattern of erosion.

Related terms

 * inguinal

Verb

 * 1)  To build with groins.

Thesaurus
V, abutment, anchorage, anchorage ground, arc-boutant, arch dam, backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, basin, beam, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, berth, boom, branch, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, buttress, buttress pier, buttressing, cofferdam, crotch, crutch, dam, defense, delta, dike, ditch, dock, dockage, dockyard, dry dock, earthwork, embankment, fan, fence, flying buttress, fork, furcula, furculum, gate, gravity dam, hanging buttress, harbor, harborage, haven, hydraulic-fill dam, inguen, iron curtain, jam, jetty, jutty, landing, landing place, landing stage, leaping weir, levee, logjam, marina, milldam, moat, mole, moorings, mound, offshoot, parapet, pier, pier buttress, port, portcullis, prong, protected anchorage, quay, ramification, rampart, retaining wall, road, roadblock, roads, roadstead, rock-fill dam, seaport, seawall, shipyard, shoulder, shutter dam, slip, stem, stone wall, trident, wall, weir, wharf, wicket dam, wishbone, work

Pronunciation




Noun

 * Arabic: أربية, مغبن
 * Catalan: engonal
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 腹股溝, 腹股沟,  鼠蹊
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 脚の付け根, 鼠蹊部,  鼠蹊,
 * Korean: 샅 (sat), 가랑이 (garang-i)
 * Polish: pachwina
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: препоне
 * Slovak: slabina
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

Anagrams

 * O-ring, Ringo

Pronunciation




Noun

 * 1) the snout of the pig

Anagrams

 * giron