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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024maw1 /mɔ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Zoologythe mouth, throat, or stomach, esp. of a creature devouring everything:The huge maw of the monster opened wide.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024maw1 (mô),USA pronunciation n. - the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, esp. a carnivorous mammal.
- Birdsthe crop or craw of a fowl.
- the stomach, esp. that of an animal.
- a cavernous opening that resembles the open jaws of an animal:the gaping maw of hell.
- the symbolic or theoretical center of a voracious hunger or appetite of any kind:the ravenous maw of Death.
- bef. 900; Middle English mawe, Old English maga; cognate with Dutch maag, German Magen, Old Norse magi
- Informal Termsmother.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: maw /mɔː/ n - the mouth, throat, crop, or stomach of an animal, esp of a voracious animal
- informal the mouth or stomach of a greedy person
Etymology: Old English maga; related to Middle Dutch maghe, Old Norse magi |