MIDRIFF Synonyms

• the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

• a protruding abdomen

• a part that bulges deeply

• the hollow inside of something

• the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish

• swell out or bulge out

• an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion

• the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

• an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness

• an appetite for food

• bear to eat

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant

• the body excluding the head and neck and limbs

• the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips

• the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole

• a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens

• (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration

• a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix

• electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves

• of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages

• between an earlier and a later period of time

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region

• an intermediate part or section

• the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)

• the point between the beginning and the end of a temporal period or process

• being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series

• equally distant from the extremes

• put in the middle

• the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)