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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the stomach and area directly below in an animate being |
| Synonyms: | bay window, belly, bowels, breadbasket, corporation, gut, guts, intestines, middle, midriff, midsection, paunch, pot, potbelly, spare tire, tummy, venter, viscera |
| Main Entry: | waist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | middle of body |
| Synonyms: | abdomen, girth, middle, midriff, midsection |
| Main Entry: | waist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part of the torso between the ribs and hips |
| Synonyms: | abdoment, gut, middle, midriff, midsection, waistline |
| Concept: | Middle. |
| Category: | 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
middle, midst, mediety, mean; medium, middle term; center, mid-course [more]; mezzo termine; juste milieu; halfway house, nave, navel, omphalos; nucleus, nucleolus., equidistance, bisection, half distance; equator, diaphragm, midriff; intermediate.
-adjectives
middle, medial, mesial, mean, mid, median, average; middlemost, midmost; mediate; intermediate (interjacent); equidistant; central; mediterranean, equatorial; homocentric.
-adverbs
in the middle; midway, halfway; midships, amidships, in medias res.
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