| Bodice 1. (n.) The part of a dress above the waist; A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays. 2. (n.) A close-fitting outer waist or vest forming the upper part of a woman's dress, or a portion of it. Thesaurus Entries blouse, bodice, boughpot, bouquet, boutonniere, buttonhole, chaplet, dickey, festoon, flower arrangement, garland, lei, linen, nosegay, posy, shift, shirt, spray, waist, wreath |