womb

[ woom ]
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noun
  1. the uterus of the human female and certain higher mammals.

  2. the place in which anything is formed or produced: the womb of time.

  1. the interior of anything.

  2. Obsolete. the belly.

Origin of womb

1
before 900; Middle English, Old English: belly, womb; cognate with Dutch wam,German Wamme,Gothic wamba belly; cf. wamus

Other words from womb

  • wombed, adjective
  • un·womb, verb (used with object)

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British Dictionary definitions for womb

womb

/ (wuːm) /


noun
  1. the nontechnical name for uterus Related adjective: uterine

  2. a hollow space enclosing something, esp when dark, warm, or sheltering

  1. a place where something is conceived: the Near East is the womb of western civilization

  2. obsolete the belly

Origin of womb

1
Old English wamb; related to Old Norse vomb, Gothic wamba, Middle Low German wamme, Swedish våmm

Derived forms of womb

  • wombed, adjective
  • womblike, adjective

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Scientific definitions for womb

womb

[ wōōm ]


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