1. the areas where the legs meet the torso, or the corresponding parts of garments
Usage: plural of crotch
2. the places where tree branches or other objects fork or divide
Usage: plural of crotch

Examples

• The tailor measured the crotches of several pairs of pants.
• These jeans are too tight in the crotches.
• The bird built its nest in the crotches of the oak tree.
• Water collected in the crotches where the branches split.
• The seamstress reinforced the crotches of the work uniforms.
• Several crotches in the old tree provided perfect perches for the owls.