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between wind and water

between wind and water prepositional phrase: in that part of a ship's side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's surface.

Prepositional phrase

  1. In that part of a ship's side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's surface.
  2. (broadly, colloquial) At the vulnerable part or point of anything.
  3. (broadly, colloquial, euphemistic) At a person's crotch (i.e. between the sources of flatulence and urine).

Questions about between wind and water

What does between wind and water mean?
Between wind and water means in that part of a ship's side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's surface.
What part of speech is between wind and water?
Between wind and water is a prepositional phrase.

Words near between wind and water in the dictionary

  1. between the sheets
  2. between the sticks
  3. between time
  4. between times
  5. between two stools
  6. between wind and water
  7. between you and I
  8. between you and me
  9. between you and me and the bedpost
  10. between you and me and these four walls
  11. between you, me, and the bedpost

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