| Front | girdle |
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| Back | gir•dle noun, verb BrE /ˈɡɜːdl/ NAmE /ˈɡɜːrdl/ noun word origin 1 a piece of women's underwear that fits closely around the body from the waist to the top of the legs, designed to make a woman look thinner 2 (literary) a thing that surrounds sth else carefully tended lawns set in a girdle of trees 3 (old-fashioned) a belt or thick string fastened around the waist to keep clothes in position verb verb forms word origin ~ sth (literary) to surround sth A chain of volcanoes girdles the Pacific. |
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