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groin

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "groin" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

1 syllable
5 characters
English (US)
1syllable

groin

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

Because it is a word with a single syllable, groin is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofgroin

1noun
  • The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
  • The area adjoining this fold or depression.

    Example: "He pulled a muscle in his groin."

  • The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
  • The genitals.

    Example: "He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain."

  • The surface formed by two such vaults.
1verb
  • To deliver a blow to the genitals of.

    Example: "In the scrum he somehow got groined."

  • To build with groins.
  • (literary) To hollow out, to excavate.

    Example: "'Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped / Through granites which titanic wars had groined.' (From Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen)."

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