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- [hawnch, hahnch]
- /hɔntʃ, hɑntʃ/
- /hɔːntʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hawnch, hahnch]
- /hɔntʃ, hɑntʃ/
Definitions of haunches word
- noun haunches the hip. 1
- noun haunches the fleshy part of the body about the hip. 1
- noun haunches a hindquarter of an animal. 1
- noun haunches the leg and loin of an animal, used for food. 1
- noun haunches Architecture. either side of an arch, extending from the vertex or crown to the impost. the part of a beam projecting below a floor or roof slab. 1
- noun haunches Plural form of haunch. 1
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Origin of haunches
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English haunche < Old French hanche < Germanic; compare Middle Dutch hanke haunch, hip, German Hanke haunch
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Parts of speech for Haunches
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
haunches popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
haunches usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for haunches
noun haunches
- breech — The breech of a gun is the part of the barrel at the back into which you load the bullets.
- breeches — Breeches are trousers which reach as far as your knees.
- sacrum — a bone resulting from the fusion of two or more vertebrae between the lumbar and the coccygeal regions, in humans being composed usually of five fused vertebrae and forming the posterior wall of the pelvis.
- butt end — butt1 (defs 1, 2).
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