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Noun hip has 4 senses

hip - either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
--₁ is a kind of body part
--₁ is a part of torso, trunk, body
--₁ has parts: gluteal artery, arteria glutes
pelvis, pelvic girdle, pelvic arch, hip - the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
--₂ is a kind of girdle
--₂ is a part of appendicular skeleton
--₂ has parts:
coccyx, tail bone; hipbone, innominate bone; ilium; ischium, ischial bone, os ischii; pubis, pubic bone, os pubis; sacrum; hip, hip joint, coxa, articulatio coxae
hip, hip joint, coxa, articulatio coxae - the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
--₃ is a kind of ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio spheroidea
--₃ is a part of thigh; pelvis, pelvic girdle, pelvic arch, hip
--₃ has parts: ischium, ischial bone, os ischii
hip, rose hip, rosehip - the fruit of a rose plant
--₄ is a kind of fruit
--₄ is a part of rose