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crotch

The correct spelling is crotch.

How to pronounce crotch

/kɹɒtʃ/
noun

IPA: /kɹɒtʃ/

Say it like: Cro-ch

The correct spelling is crotch. The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place. For example: "There is a child sitting in a crotch of that tree."

Usage Examples

There is a child sitting in a crotch of that tree.

Every mile they rode their crotches felt worse saddlepain.

He cringed at being kicked in the crotch.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place.
  2. 2.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.
  3. 3.Either the male or female genitalia.
  4. 4.In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table.
  5. 5.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".

verb

  1. 1.To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to.
  2. 2.(logging, western US) To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs that will haul it.

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