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Adonis belt

Adonis belt noun: the iliac furrows.

Noun

Adonis belt (plural Adonis belts)

  1. The iliac furrows.
    • I have been working hard on my cardio routine to develop a very pronounced Adonis belt.
    • aficionados (or at least the more aesthetically minded among them) sometimes refer to this as an 'Apollo's belt' or 'Adonis girdle' – a classic case of reality mirroring art, rather than the other way round.2011, Michael Squire, The Art of the Body: Antiquity and Its Legacy, page 61

Forms of Adonis belt

pluralAdonis belts

Questions about Adonis belt

What does Adonis belt mean?
Adonis belt means the iliac furrows.
What part of speech is Adonis belt?
Adonis belt is a noun.
What is the plural of Adonis belt?
The plural of Adonis belt is Adonis belts.

Words near Adonis belt in the dictionary

  1. adonidin
  2. adonifoline
  3. Adonijah
  4. adonirubin
  5. Adonis
  6. Adonis belt
  7. Adonis belts
  8. Adonis blue
  9. Adonis blues
  10. adonis pleco
  11. adonise

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