Synonyms for girdle
ˈgɜr dlgir·dle

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1. girdlenoun

   an encircling or ringlike structure

   Synonyms:
   waistcloth, stays, corset, cincture, sash, waistband

2. girdle, cincture, sash, waistband, waistclothnoun

   a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

   Synonyms:
   cincture, sash, corset, stays, waistcloth, waistband, window sash

3. corset, girdle, staysverb

   a woman's close-fitting foundation garment

   Synonyms:
   waistcloth, stays, corset, cincture, sash, waistband

4. girdle, deadenverb

   cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients

   "girdle the plant"

   Synonyms:
   blunt, gird, deaden, dampen, damp

5. girdle, girdverb

   put a girdle on or around

   "gird your loins"

   Synonyms:
   build up, gird, fortify, deaden, arm, encircle

Matched Categories

1. • Band
   • Skeletal Structure

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1. girdlenoun

   Synonyms:
   band (for the waist), belt, CESTUS, cincture

2. girdleverb

   Synonyms:
   gird, bind round

3. girdleverb

   Synonyms:
   environ, encompass, surround, enclose, embrace, girt, shut in

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1. girdlenoun

   Synonyms:
   cestus, sash, belt, band, cincture

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1. List of paraphrases for "girdle":

   corset, sheath, belt

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How to use girdle in a sentence?

1. Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet:

   You shall be free indeed when your days are not without a care nor your nights without a want and a grief, But rather when these things girdle your life and yet you rise above them naked and unbound.