groin

groin is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The snout of a swine. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The snout of a swine.
2. intransitive verb. To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
3. noun. The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.
4. noun. The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.
5. noun. The surface formed by two such vaults.
6. noun. A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle.
7. transitive verb. To fashion into groins; to build with groins.
8. noun. a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

   Synonyms: breakwater, bulwark, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall

9. noun. a curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults
10. noun. the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals

    Synonyms: inguen

11. verb. build with groins

    "The ceiling was groined"

Synonyms

breakwater, bulwark, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall, inguen

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in groin:

giron, inorg

Common word forms

groins, groined, groining

Words from these letters

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