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Meaning of waist | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

weɪst

Definitions

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.
That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
The middle part of anything.

Equivalents

العربية الخصر خصر كشح وسط

Azərbaycanca bel qurşaq

Беларуская та́лія

Bosanski bel pas pojas struk van van van vita бел појас стан струк

Català cintura

Čeština pás pas

Cymraeg gwasg

Dansk hvepsetalje talje

Deutsch Hüfttuch Mitte Mittelteil Rumpf Schiffsrumpf Taille

Ελληνικά μέση

Esperanto talio

Español cinto cintura talle

Eesti vöökoht

Euskara gerri

فارسی کمر

Suomi keskiosa keskirunko uuma vyötäiset vyötärö

Français ceinture taille

Gàidhlig cneas meadhan

Galego cos van

ગુજરાતી કમર

עברית מותן מתן

हिन्दी कटि कमर

Hrvatski bel pas pojas struk van van van vita бел појас стан струк

Magyar derék törzs

Հայերեն Իրան

Bahasa Indonesia pinggang

Íslenska mitti

Italiano cintola cintura vita

日本語ウエスト胴のくびれ胴回り腰部

ქართული წელი

Қазақша бел

ខ្មែរ ចង្កេះ

한국어 요부 허리

Kurdî bêl bel coş meş paş pas pas van

Кыргызча бел

ລາວ ແອວ

Latviešu josta vidus

Te Reo Māori hope

Македонски појас

മലയാളം ഇടുപ്പ്

Монгол бэлхүүс

Bahasa Melayu pinggang

Malti qadd

မြန်မာဘာသာ ခါး

नेपाली कटि कम्मर

Nederlands middel

Polski kibić pas talia

Português cintura

Română mijloc talie

Русский лиф пояс талия шкафу́т

Slovenčina pas

Shqip bel mes

Српски bel pas pojas struk van van van vita бел појас стан струк

Sesotho theka

Svenska midja

Kiswahili kiuno

தமிழ் இடுப்பு

తెలుగు నడుము

ไทย กะเอว บั้นเอว สะเอว เอว

Tagalog baywang bewang

Türkçe bel

ئۇيغۇرچە بەل

Українська пояс стан талія

اردو کمر

Oʻzbekcha bel

Tiếng Việt eo eo lưng

Examples

“There he stood, very quietly overlooking some sailmakers who were mending a top-sail in the waist.”

“The waist of a bell widens into the lip.”

“In the dead vast and middle of the night”

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