belly vs waist

belly

noun
  • The stomach. 

  • The main curved portion of a knife blade. 

  • The abdomen, especially a fat one. 

  • The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part). 

  • The womb. 

  • The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back. 

  • The lower fuselage of an airplane. 

verb
  • To swell and become protuberant; to bulge or billow. 

  • To cause to swell out; to fill. 

  • To position one’s belly; to move on one’s belly. 

waist

noun
  • The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach. 

  • That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle. 

  • A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist. 

  • The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft. 

  • The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps). 

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