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Groin

/ɡɹɔɪn/

The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.

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📖 Definitions of "Groin"

noun

1
The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
2
The area adjoining this fold or depression.
"He pulled a muscle in his groin."
3
The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
4
The genitals.
"He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain."

verb

1
To deliver a blow to the genitals of.
"In the scrum he somehow got groined."
2
To build with groins.
3
(literary) To hollow out, to excavate.
"'Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped / Through granites which titanic wars had groined.' (From Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen)."

🔄 Synonyms of "Groin"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
bulwarknoun	A defense or safeguard.
jettynoun	(architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below.
molenoun	Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae.
breakwaternoun	A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
groynenoun	An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.
seawallnoun	A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Groin"

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Word	Definition
molenoun	Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae.
bulwarknoun	A defense or safeguard.
seawallnoun	A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.
jettynoun	(architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below.
groynenoun	An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.
breakwaternoun	A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
substancenoun	Physical matter; material.
materialnoun	A basic matter (as metal, wood, plastic, fiber, etc.) from which the whole or the greater part of something physical (as a machine, tool, building, fabric, etc.) is made.
partiesnoun	(law) A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
crotchnoun	The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.
inguennoun	(anatomy, archaic) The groin or genitalia.
pubesnoun	The pubic region.
pelvisnoun	(anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.
perineumnoun	(anatomy) The region between the genitalia and anus.
gluteal cleftnoun	(anatomy) The groove between the buttocks that runs from just below the sacrum to the perineum.
iliac furrownoun	(anatomy) The visible indentation above an iliac crest and beneath the navel, usually only visible on physically fit people.
gracilisnoun	(anatomy, anatomy) A slender superficial muscle of the inner thigh.
lesknoun	(dialectal) The groin.
groin vaultnoun	(architecture) A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel-vaults crossing in a right angle. Its thrusts are concentrated along the groins or arrises and eventually at the four corners
iliac crestnoun	(anatomy) The visible impressions made by the ilium marking the top of the pelvis at the threshold of the torso and lower extremities.