The middle area of the human torso (usually in front):
— Young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable.

synoniemen: middle, midsection.

Nederlands: middenrif

anatomy A muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration.

synoniem: diaphragm.

Roget 68: middle, midst, mediety^†, mean etc. 29; medium, middle term; center etc. 222, mid-course etc. 628; mezzo termine [It]; juste milieu [Fr.] etc. 628; halfway house, nave, navel, omphalos^†; nucleus, nucleolus.    equidistance^†, bisection, half distance; equator, diaphragm, midriff; intermediate etc. 228.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 228: interposition, interjacence^†, intercurrence^†, intervenience^†, interlocation^†, interdigitation, interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation.    [interposition at a fine-grained level] interpenetration; permeation; infiltration.    [interposition by one person in another's affairs, at the intervenor's initiative] intervention, interference; intrusion, obtrusion; insinuation.    insertion etc. 300; dovetailing; embolism.    intermediary, intermedium^†; go between, bodkin^†, intruder, interloper; parenthesis, episode, flyleaf.    partition, septum, diaphragm; midriff; dissepiment^†; party wall, panel, room divider.    halfway house.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: diafragma, middenrif
Pools: przepona, diafragma