crotch

UK: /ˈkrɒtʃ/ US: /krɑtʃ/ ,(kroch)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

crotch /krɑtʃ/   n. [countable]

1. a place where something divides, such as the human body between the legs:
   The pants were measured from his crotch down to the tops of his shoes.
2. Clothing the part of trousers, panties, etc., where the two legs or panels join.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

crotch  (kroch), n. 

1. a forking or place of forking, as of the human body between the legs.
2. Clothing the part of a pair of trousers, panties, or the like, formed by the joining of the two legs.
3. Clothing a piece of material serving to form a juncture between the legs of trousers, panties, etc.
4. a forked piece, part, support, etc., as a staff with a forked top.
5. Games [Billiards.]
   • an area 4½ in. (11.4 cm) square at each corner of a billiard table.
   • the situation in which both balls to be struck by the cue ball are within this area.
6. Nautical, Naval Terms crutch (def. 6).
7. Building the area of a tree at which a main branch joins the trunk.
8. Building the wood from such an area; crotchwood.

• variant of crutch 1530–40

crotched  (krotcht), adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

crotch / krɒtʃ/ noun

1. Also called (Brit): crutch the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
2. the human external genitals or the genital area
3. the corresponding part of a pair of trousers, pants, etc
4. a forked region formed by the junction of two members
5. a forked pole or stick

Etymology: 16th Century: probably variant of crutch

crotched adjective