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crotch

/krɑtʃ/
/krɒtʃ/
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Other forms: crotches

Definitions of crotch
  1. noun
    the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
    “he climbed into the crotch of a tree”
    synonyms: fork
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    type of:
    branch, leg, ramification
    a part of a forked or branching shape
  2. noun
    the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
    synonyms: fork
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    type of:
    angle
    the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
  3. noun
    external sex organ
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    types:
    pudendum
    human external genital organs collectively especially of a female
    vulva
    external parts of the female genitalia
    type of:
    reproductive organ, sex organ
    any organ involved in sexual reproduction
Pronunciation
US
/krɑtʃ/
UK
/krɒtʃ/
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