womb
noun
the uterus of the human female and certain higher mammals.
womblike
-
a word derived from
womb.
Example Sentences
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“It’s gotta be warm and almost womblike in a way that you feel very appeased as soon as you walk in, and then you bring your guard down,” says Bole, a native of France.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
And Jerskin Fendrix’s unruly, dissonant score, working in context with Johnnie Burn’s womblike soundscape, plays like something piped in directly from Bella’s transplanted psyche.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
What is clear is that Theodore Roethke was captivated by the daily epiphany of watching life grow in the womblike environment of a greenhouse.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2021
In the beginning, Kubo spends much of his time with his ailing mother secreted away from evil sisters in a dark, womblike cave.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2016
He was alive only because he was in a womblike creche pod that had taken over most of his vital functions.
From Operation Haystack by H. R. van Dongen
