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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bow•el /ˈbaʊəl, baʊl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- AnatomyUsually, bowels. [plural] the intestine:The baby's bowels are out of control.
- bowels, [plural] the inward or interior parts: The silver mine was deep in the bowels of the earth.
Idioms- move one's bowels, to send waste matter out through the bowels:The doctor wanted to know how often the baby moved her bowels.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bow•el (bou′əl, boul),USA pronunciation n., v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n. - 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.
v.t. - to disembowel.
- Latin botellus little sausage (bot(ulus) sausage + -ellus -elle)
- Old French
- Middle English b(o)uel 1250–1300
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