Definitions for corset

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corset cor·set

Spelling: [kawr-sit]

IPA: /ˈkɔr sɪt/

Corset is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 153 anagrams from letters in corset (ceorst).

Definitions for corset

noun

1. Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.

verb (used with object)

1. to dress or furnish with or as if with a corset.
2. to regulate strictly; constrict.

Origin of corset

1225-75; Middle English Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to cors bodice, body + -et -et

Examples for corset

Also, the medical support for the efficacy of the corset diet, let alone its safety, is questionable.

The waist belt enforces the evils which the corset and skirts inaugurate.

To this corset may be fixed two or three bands of silver coins.

Even worse, wearing a corset could actually end up hindering weight loss goals.

Wearing a corset can restrict oxygenation, which is needed to help your body function, including your metabolism.

According to ThecorsetDiet.com, you can shed up to six pounds a week from wearing a corset.

So Lydia sank upon the zone left by the corset and stockings.

Stephanie Jones of Texas says she has lost 24 pounds since she started wearing a corset regularly last August.

Not a food, corset, or collar which has not its artist working for it!

This is often caused by the pressure of corset and skirts upon the waist.