Midst

n.	1.
	1.	The interior or central part or place; the middle; - used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him. - Luke iv. 35. There is nothing . . . in the midst [of the play] which might not have been placed in the beginning. - Dryden.
	2.	Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs.
prep.	1.	In the midst of; amidst.
adv.	1.	In the middle.

Noun

1.

midst - the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd" Synonyms: thick

amid, amidst, among, amongst, between, betwixt, betwixt and between, core, diameter, diaphragm, equator, interior, kernel, mean, median, mid, midmost, midpoint, midriff, nucleus, over, thick, thick of things, throughout, together with, waist, waistline, with, zone