WAISTLINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does waistline mean? 

• WAISTLINE (noun)
  The noun WAISTLINE has 1 sense:

1. the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips

  Familiarity information: WAISTLINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAISTLINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

waist; waistline

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

area; region (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve)

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

wasp waist (a very slender waist)

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

body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)