CROTCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crotch mean? 

• CROTCH (noun)
  The noun CROTCH has 3 senses:

1. the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches

2. the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk

3. external sex organ

  Familiarity information: CROTCH used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROTCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

crotch; fork

Context example:

he climbed into the crotch of a tree

Hypernyms ("crotch" is a kind of...):

branch; leg; ramification (a part of a forked or branching shape)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

crotch; fork

Hypernyms ("crotch" is a kind of...):

angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)

Holonyms ("crotch" is a part of...):

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))

Sense 3

Meaning:

External sex organ

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

crotch; genital organ; genitalia; genitals; private parts; privates

Hypernyms ("crotch" is a kind of...):

reproductive organ; sex organ (any organ involved in sexual reproduction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crotch"):

pudendum (human external genital organs collectively especially of a female)

fanny; female genital organ; female genitalia; female genitals (external female sex organs)

family jewels; male genital organ; male genitalia; male genitals (external male sex organs)