potbelly

[ pot-bel-ee ]

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noun,plural pot·bel·lies.

a distended or protuberant belly.
potbelly stove.

potbelly wood.

Origin of potbelly

First recorded in 1705–15; pot¹ + belly

Other words from potbelly

potbellied, adjective

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How to use potbelly in a sentence

Ventrosity, ven-tros′i-ti, n. the state of having a pot-belly.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) | Various
I remembered his great pot belly, his flabby skin, his whisky-sodden face.
Gossamer | George A. Birmingham
Instead, he was about forty, balding, with a little pot-belly and thinning hair.
Makers | Cory Doctorow
He had an English accent, and a little pot-belly, and a big white bubble-jacket and a scarf wound round his throat.
Makers | Cory Doctorow
She has the same pot-belly when she finishes rearing her young as when she began.
The Life of the Spider | J. Henri Fabre

British Dictionary definitions for potbelly

potbelly

/ (ˈpɒtˌbɛlɪ) /

nounplural -lies

a protruding or distended belly
a person having such a belly

US and Canadian a small bulbous stove in which wood or coal is burned

Derived forms of potbelly

potbellied, adjective

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