waist
The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
Other meanings
A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
A kind of
- area
Kinds of waist
- wasp waist
Related words
- emancipation waist
- strip to the waist
- pantywaist
- snatched waist
- drop waist
- dropped waist
- sheer-to-waist
- shirtwaist
- waistband
- waist cincher
- waist card
- waistcoat
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "wast".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “waist” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.