Bowel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbaʊ.əl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bowel is a noun meaning (in the plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.
Meaning
(in the plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.
More Meanings
- (in the plural, figuratively) The (deep) interior of something.
- (in the plural, archaic) The seat of pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy.
- (now rare) To disembowel.
- (chiefly medicine) A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
- (obsolete, in the plural) offspring
Example Sentences
Thou thing of no bowels, thou!
The treasures were stored in the bowels of the ship.
Friend hast thou none, / For thine own bowels, which do call thee sire,
His soldiers […] cried out amain, / And rushed into the bowels of the battle.
Word Forms
- bowels
- boweling
- bowelling
- boweled
- bowelled
Synonyms for bowel
Depending on context, synonyms include gut, intestine.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gut, intestine, colonic, intestinal, midgut, stomach.
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