bowel

[ bou-uhl, boul ]
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noun
  1. Anatomy.

    • Usually bowels. the intestine.

    • a part of the intestine.

  2. bowels,

    • the inward or interior parts: the bowels of the earth.

    • Archaic. feelings of pity or compassion.

verb (used with object),bow·eled, bow·el·ing or (especially British) bow·elled, bow·el·ling.
  1. to disembowel.

Origin of bowel

1
1250–1300; Middle English b(o)uel<Old French <Latin botellus little sausage (bot(ulus) sausage + -ellus-elle)

Other words from bowel

  • bow·el·less, adjective

Words Nearby bowel

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British Dictionary definitions for bowel

bowel

/ (ˈbaʊəl) /


noun
  1. an intestine, esp the large intestine in man

  2. (plural) innards; entrails

  1. (plural) the deep or innermost part (esp in the phrase the bowels of the earth)

  2. (plural) archaic the emotions, esp of pity or sympathy

Origin of bowel

1
C13: from Old French bouel, from Latin botellus a little sausage, from botulus sausage

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Scientific definitions for bowel

bowel

[ bouəl ]


  1. The intestine.

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