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Rarecrotch
The correct spelling is crotch.
How to pronounce crotch
/kɹɒtʃ/
nounIPA: /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.The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place.
- 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.Either the male or female genitalia.
- 4.In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table.
- 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.To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to.
- 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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