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bowel
[ bou-uhl, boul ]
noun
- Anatomy.
- Usually bowels. the intestine.
- a part of the intestine.
- bowels,
- the inward or interior parts:
the bowels of the earth.
- Archaic. feelings of pity or compassion.
verb (used with object)
- to disembowel.
bowel
/ ˈʊə /
noun
- an intestine, esp the large intestine in man
- plural innards; entrails
- plural the deep or innermost part (esp in the phrase the bowels of the earth )
- archaic.plural the emotions, esp of pity or sympathy
bowel
/ bou′ə /
- The intestine.
Other 51Թ Forms
- Ƿı· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bowel1
Example Sentences
During the offseason, construction crews gutted the bowels of Dodger Stadium, digging deep trenches down the left and right field foul lines to build new, expanded clubhouse areas.
A scan taken in August showed a lesion in the bowel.
A replica awaited in the bowels of Wales' stadium to be handed over to England in a ceremony behind closed doors, but in front of the television cameras.
George, a top agent at a London intelligence agency, meanders through the chimeric bowels of a posh nightclub, hunting for a contact who’s got some bad news waiting.
The screening included checks for possible cervical, breast and bowel cancer, as well as abdominal aortic aneurysm.
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