1
: a pole with a forked end used especially as a prop
2
: an angle formed by the parting of two legs, branches, or members
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the crotch of the pants
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Silken nests are evident located in crotches of these trees.
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Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
The crotch has extra layering too and is broad enough to hold pads during your period.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2025
Instead, the photo shows what appears to be an X-ray of a crotch area with a zipper showing up on the scan in the front; between the bones that make up the pelvis, an IUD is visible.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
Her bullet, though, goes not into his heart, but his crotch.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
The crotch has extra layering too and is broad enough to hold pads during your period.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2025
Instead, the photo shows what appears to be an X-ray of a crotch area with a zipper showing up on the scan in the front; between the bones that make up the pelvis, an IUD is visible.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
Her bullet, though, goes not into his heart, but his crotch.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crotch
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“Crotch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crotch. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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crotch
noun
: an angle formed by the spreading apart of two legs or branches or of a limb from its trunk
Medical Definition
crotch
noun
: an angle formed by the parting of two legs, branches, or members
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