'Midriff' definitions:
Definition of 'midriff'
(from WordNet)
noun
The middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" [syn: middle, midriff, midsection]
noun
(anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration [syn: diaphragm, midriff]
Definition of 'Midriff'
From: GCIDE
- Midriff \Mid"riff\ (m[i^]d"r[i^]f), n. [AS. midhrif; midd mid, middle + hrif bowels, womb; akin to OFries. midref midriff, rif, ref, belly, OHG. href body, and to L. corpus body. See Corpse.] (Anat.)
- 1. See Diaphragm, n., 2. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The middle part of the front of the body, from the waist to the chest. [PJC]
- Smote him into the midriff with a stone. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That part of a garment, especially a dress or bodice, that covers the midriff[2]. [PJC] Mid sea
Synonyms of 'midriff'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abdomen,
- abomasum,
- barrier,
- bay window,
- beerbelly,
- belly,
- brattice,
- breadbasket,
- buffer,
- buffer state,
- bulkhead,
- bumper,
- center,
- cloison,
- collision mat,
- core,
- craw,
- crop,
- cushion,
- diameter,
- diaphragm,
- dissepiment,
- dividing line,
- dividing wall,
- division,
- embonpoint,
- equator,
- fender,
- first stomach,
- gizzard,
- gullet,
- gut,
- heart,
- honeycomb stomach,
- interior,
- interseptum,
- kernel,
- kishkes,
- manyplies,
- mat,
- maw,
- mean,
- median,
- middle,
- midmost,
- midsection,
- midst,
- nucleus,
- omasum,
- pad,
- panel,
- paries,
- partition,
- party wall,
- paunch,
- pot,
- potbelly,
- potgut,
- property line,
- psalterium,
- pusgut,
- rennet bag,
- reticulum,
- rumen,
- second stomach,
- separation,
- septulum,
- septum,
- shock pad,
- spare tire,
- stomach,
- swagbelly,
- thick,
- thick of things,
- third stomach,
- tum-tum,
- tummy,
- underbelly,
- ventripotence,
- waist,
- waistline,
- wall,
- zone