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Definition of waistline noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

waistline

noun
 
/ˈweɪstlaɪn/
 
/ˈweɪstlaɪn/
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  1. the amount that a person measures around the middle part of their body, used to talk about how fat or thin they are
    • an expanding waistline
    • All this butter and cream won’t do much for my waistline.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • expanding
    • 28-inch
    • 34-inch
    verb + waistline
    • watch
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  2. the part of a piece of clothing where your waist is synonym waistTopics Clothes and Fashionc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • high
    • low
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