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waists

waists is the plural of waist.

Meaning of waist

Noun

waist (plural waists)

  1. The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
  2. A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
  3. The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
  4. The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
  5. That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
    • There he stood, very quietly overlooking some sailmakers who were mending a top-sail in the waist.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 18”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
  6. The middle part of anything.
    • The waist of a bell widens into the lip.

Phrases with waists

Questions about waists

What is waists the plural of?
Waists is the plural of waist.

Words near waists in the dictionary

  1. waistlessness
  2. waistline
  3. waistlined
  4. waistlines
  5. waistlong
  6. waists
  7. waistwrap
  8. waistwraps
  9. wait
  10. wait a minute
  11. wait and see

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