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Waist vs Bottomless - What's the difference?

waist | bottomless |

As a noun waist

is the part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.

As a adjective bottomless is

having no bottom.

waist

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
  • 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).
  • The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
  • (nautical) That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
  • * 1851 ,
    • There he stood, very quietly overlooking some sailmakers who were mending a top-sail in the waist .

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from waist) * pantywaist * waistband * waistcoat * waistless * waistline

    Anagrams

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    External links

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    bottomless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having no bottom.
  • Extremely deep.
  • Having no bounds; limitless.
    • The restaurant offered bottomless drinks.
  • Difficult to understand; unfathomable.
  • Not wearing clothes below the waist.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (not wearing clothes below the waist) topless, naked