"waistline" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-waistline.ogg [Australia] Forms: waistlines [plural]
Etymology: From waist + line. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|waist|line}} waist + line Head templates: {{en-noun}} waistline (plural waistlines)
  1. a line around the body at the waist; its measurement Synonyms (a line around the body at the waist): girth [informal] Translations (line around the body at the waist; its measurement): та́лия (tálija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), talje [common-gender] (Danish), taljemål [neuter] (Danish), taillelijn [feminine] (Dutch), taille [feminine] (Dutch), talio (Esperanto), vyötärölinja (Finnish), tour de taille [masculine] (French), Taille [feminine] (German), girovita [masculine] (Italian), vita [feminine] (Italian), 胴回り (dōmawari) (Japanese), та́лия (tálija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-waistline-en-noun-C~LzBYdv Disambiguation of 'a line around the body at the waist': 83 14 0 3 Disambiguation of 'line around the body at the waist; its measurement': 90 8 0 2
  2. the narrowest part of a garment, usually at the waist, but may be above or below depending on the dictates of fashion or the whim of the designer Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (narrowest part of a garment): talje [common-gender] (Danish), vyötärölinja (Finnish), Taille [feminine] (German), ウエスト (uesuto) (Japanese), та́лия (tálija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-waistline-en-noun-EyDp5Tm8 Disambiguation of Clothing: 20 80 0 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 61 9 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 54 9 30 Disambiguation of 'narrowest part of a garment': 2 92 3 4
  3. (slang) person having a large waistline Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-waistline-en-noun-FMXjX01h
  4. (automotive) The horizontal line just below the windows of a car or other vehicle. Categories (topical): Automotive
    Sense id: en-waistline-en-noun-TD-hDuJD Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: empire waist Coordinate_terms: bustline

Inflected forms

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