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say it: groyn
groin is a noun and verb meaning "the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals". It is pronounced /ˈɡɹɔɪn/ — groyn. It carries 4 recorded senses.
a curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults
a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for groin come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.