Girdle Synonyms

gûrdl
A corset
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. corset
  2. stays
  3. foundation garment
  4. panty-girdle
To encircle with or as if with a band
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. band
  2. begird
  3. belt
  4. cincture
  5. compass
  6. encompass
  7. engirdle
  8. gird
  9. girt
  10. ring
  11. engird
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Words Related to Girdle

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. edge
  2. open
  3. kerchief
  4. head-dress
  5. stomacher
  6. circlet
  7. gorget
  8. headpiece
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Girdle Sentence Examples

  • Valves immersed in the girdle, with small tegmentum.

  • The Russians were by this time well on their way to the Theiss, and the terrible girdle which was to throttle the liberties of Hungary was all but completed.

  • Belfast Lough is of great though quiet beauty; and the city itself is seen at its best from its seaward approach, with its girdle of hills in the background.

  • Vermiform, with thick girdle and small valves; insertion and sutural plates strongly drawn forward, sharp and smooth.

  • The vapour-laden sea air blowing landward against the girdle of snow and glaciers on the mountain barriers a few miles inland drains its moisture in excessive rain and snow upon the lisiere, shrouding it in well-nigh unbroken fog and cloud-bank.

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