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The definition of crotch is the part of the body between the legs where the legs join the torso, or the place on a pair of pants where the leg panels meet, or the angle formed when two parts join together.

(noun)

The part of your body between your legs and under your torso is an example of your crotch.
The place where a tree trunk divides into two branches is an example of a crotch.

See crotch in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a pole forked on top
a forked place, as where a tree trunk divides into two branches
the place where the legs fork from the human body
the seam or place where the legs of a pair of pants meet

Origin: ME croche, var. of crucche, crutch

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crotched adjective

See crotch in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The angle or region of the angle formed by the junction of two parts or members, such as two branches or legs.
a. The area on a pair of pants, underpants, or shorts where the two leg panels are sewn together.
b. A piece of material sewn into a pair of pants, underpants, or shorts that joins the legs.
The fork of a pole or other support.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly alteration of crutch

Origin: and partly from Middle English croche, crook, crosier (from Old French croche, hook, shepherd's crook, feminine of croc, hook; see crochet)

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