Definitions For Girdle

noun

  • A woman's close-fitting foundation garment
  • A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
  • An encircling or ringlike structure
  • Something that wraps or circles around something else ; specifically : a tight piece of clothing worn especially in the past by women under other clothes to make the area around the waist look thinner

verb

  • Put a girdle on or around
  • Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
  • To form a circle around (something) or to surround (something)

Is Girdle a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
10

The word Girdle is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Girdle in a Sentence

  • Drew a handkerchief from the girdle around her waist and offered it to the knight as a token of affection
  • The rings that girdle the planet Saturn
  • Trees girdled the campus, essentially hiding it from view

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