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womb

American  
[woom] / wum /

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.

  3. the interior of anything.

  4. Obsolete. the belly.

womb British  
/ wuːm /

noun

  1. the nontechnical name for uterus

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

  3. a place where something is conceived

    the Near East is the womb of western civilization

  4. obsolete the belly

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womb Scientific  
/ wo̅o̅m /

  1. See uterus

Other Word Forms

  • unwomb verb (used with object)
  • wombed adjective
  • womblike adjective

Etymology

Origin of womb

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

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