noun Download 🔗Share The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place. Examples : "There is a child sitting in a crotch of that tree." anatomy body sex part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus. Examples : "Every mile they rode their crotches felt worse saddlepain." body anatomy human sex area part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Either the male or female genitalia. Examples : "He cringed at being kicked in the crotch." anatomy sex body organ physiology human medicine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table. Examples : "The player carefully aimed the cue ball to hit the white ball in the crotch of the table. " game sport space Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The open counter (negative space) formed by two downward strokes that meet at an internal acute angle, potentially above a vertex, as in the letters "V" and "Y". Examples : "The capital letter "V" has a sharp crotch at the bottom where the two lines meet. " anatomy part body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to. Examples : "to crotch the ends of ropes in splicing or tying knots" anatomy body part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (logging, western US) To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs that will haul it. Examples : "The logger needed to crotch the large log before the dogs could pull it out of the forest. " technical work industry agriculture action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading