girdle

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Synonyms: girle, mirdle

Antonyms: girle, mirdle

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Noun

1. That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.
   • the girdle of the world
2. A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
3. A garment used to hold the abdomen, hips, buttocks, and/or thighs in a particular shape.
4. The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
5. A thin bed or stratum of stone.
6. The clitellum of an earthworm.
7. The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree.

Verb

1. To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
2. To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.

Noun

1. Alternative form of griddle.

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