Bowel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The intestine. Often used in the plural.
  • n. A part or division of the intestine: the large bowel.
  • n. The interior of something: in the bowels of the ship.
  • n. Archaic The seat of pity or the gentler emotions.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
  • n. The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.
  • n. The (deep) interior of something.
  • n. The seat of pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy.
  • v. To disembowel.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.
  • n. Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything.
  • n. The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion.
  • n. Offspring.
  • v. To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of the intestines of an animal; a division of the alimentary canal below the stomach; a gut, especially of man: chiefly used in the plural to denote the intestines collectively.
  • n. One of the viscera; any internal organ of the body, as the stomach, liver, brain, etc.
  • n. plural The interior part of anything.
  • n. plural The inner parts as the seat of pity or kindness; hence, tenderness; compassion.
  • n. plural Offspring; children.
  • To take out the bowels of; eviscerate; penetrate the bowels of; disembowel.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
  • Verb Form
    bowelled    bowelling    bowels   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    Form
    boweled    bowelled    boweling    bowelling    embowel    bowel movement   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gut    compassion    offspring    eviscerate    disembowel    intestin    interior   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Powell    dowel    howell    towel    vowel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    intestine    bladder    kidney    lung    stomach    colon    spleen    pancreas    gland    gut