groin

Meaning

1. The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
2. The area adjoining this fold or depression.
3. The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
4. The surface formed by two such vaults.
5. The genitals.

crotch

inguinal region

groin region

inguinal glands

coffering

lower belly

sea dyke

sea bank

groin arch

sea embankment

coastal levee

abdomen

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹɔɪn/

From earlier grine, from Middle English grinde, grynde, from Old English grynde (“abyss”) (perhaps also "depression, hollow"), probably related to Proto-Germanic *grunduz; see ground. Later altered under the influence of loin.

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