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8 Letter Words for Cincture
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Definitions for Cincture
[1] a belt or girdle.
[2] something that surrounds or encompasses as a girdle does; a surrounding border: The midnight sky had a cincture of stars.
[3] (on a classical column) a fillet at either end of a shaft, especially one at the lower end. Compare orle(def 3b) .
[4] the act of girding or encompassing.
[5] to gird with or as if with a cincture; encircle; encompass.
[6] something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border
Words related to Cincture
girdle, belt, collar, girth, enclosure, encircle, surrounding
Words nearby Cincture
cinchonism, cinchonize, cincinnati, cincinnatus, cinco de mayo, cincture, cinder, cinder block, cinder concrete, cinder cone, cinder patch
Origin of Cincture
< Latin cinctūra, equivalent to cinct(us ) (cinc-, variant stem of cingere to gird, cinch1 + -tus past participle suffix) + -ūra -ure
Other words from Cincture
un·cinc·tured , adjective
Word origin for Cincture
C16: from Latin cinctūra, from cingere to gird
Synonyms for Cincture
belt, collar, enclosure, girdle, girth, encircle, surrounding