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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | measurement around the waist |
| Synonyms: | bigness, circumference, compass, distance around, expansion, waist measure |
| Main Entry: | circumference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge, perimeter |
| Synonyms: | ambit, border, boundary, bounds, circuit, compass, confines, extremity, fringe, girth, limits, lip, margin, outline, periphery, rim, verge |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | fasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make secure; join together |
| Synonyms: | adhere, affix, anchor, attach, band, bar, batten, belt, bind, bolt, bond, brace, button, catch, cement, chain, cleave, close, cohere, connect, couple, embed, establish, fix, freeze to, girth, glue, grip, hitch, hitch on, hold, hook, hook up, implant, infix, jam, knot, lace, leash, link, lock, lodge, make firm, moor, mortise, nail, rivet, rope, screw, seal, set, settle, solder, stay put, stick, strengthen, string, tack on, tag, tie, tighten, truss, unite, wedge, weld |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, loosen, open, release, unchain, unfasten, unlink, unlock |
| Main Entry: | fatness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overweight |
| Synonyms: | adiposity, breadth, bulkiness, corpulence, distension, flab, flesh, fleshiness, girth, grossness, heaviness, heftiness, inflation, largeness, obesity, plumpness, portliness, protuberance, pudginess, rotundity, size, stoutness, tumidity, weight |
| Antonyms: | skinniness, slimness, thinness, underweight |
| Main Entry: | waist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | middle of body |
| Synonyms: | abdomen, girth, middle, midriff, midsection |
| Main Entry: | width |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breadth, wideness of some amount |
| Synonyms: | amplitude, area, broadness, compass, cross measure, diameter, distance across, expanse, extent, girth, measure, range, reach, scope, span, squatness, stretch, thickness |
| Antonyms: | height, tallness |
| Main Entry: | thickness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denseness |
| Synonyms: | compactness, consistence, consistency, crassitude, density, diameter, dimension, girth, grossness, intimacy, layer, ply, sheet, stratum, width |
| Antonyms: | thinness |
| Main Entry: | thickness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | as a measurement |
| Synonyms: | breadth, depth, diameter, distance, girth, width |
| Main Entry: | cincture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | band |
| Synonyms: | belt, collar, encircle, enclosure, girdle, girth, surrounding |
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