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waistlines

waistlines is the plural of waistline.

Meaning of waistline

Noun

waistline (plural waistlines)

  1. a line around the body at the waist; its measurement
    Synonyms:
    girth
  2. the narrowest part of a garment, usually at the waist, but may be above or below depending on the dictates of fashion or the whim of the designer
  3. (slang) person having a large waistline
  4. The horizontal line just below the windows of a car or other vehicle.
    • [...] with the adoption of a curved bodyside profile Bulleid considerably raised the height of the waistline and at the shoulder height of seated passengers, just where the extra space was most needed.1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 396

Questions about waistlines

What is waistlines the plural of?
Waistlines is the plural of waistline.

Words near waistlines in the dictionary

  1. waistings
  2. waistless
  3. waistlessness
  4. waistline
  5. waistlined
  6. waistlines
  7. waistlong
  8. waists
  9. waistwrap
  10. waistwraps
  11. wait

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Adapted from Wiktionary: waistlines (page history and authors); waistline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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