bowel

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/ˈbaʊ.əl/

noun 5verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

large, small

VERB + BOWEL

empty, evacuate, move, open

BOWEL + NOUN

action, function, habit, movement

After eating spicy food, she experienced an unusual bowel movement that made her very uncomfortable.

frequency | wall | cancer, disease, disorder, obstruction, problems, tumour | biopsy, surgery

PREP

in the ~

PHRASES

irritable bowel syndrome

Definitions

noun

A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.

The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.

And when he was hanged, brast asondre in the myddes, and all his bowels gusshed out.

Leaue words & let them feele your lances pointes, UUhich glided through the bowels of the Greekes.

The (deep) interior of something.

The treasures were stored in the bowels of the ship.

His soldiers […] cried out amain, / And rushed into the bowels of the battle.

The seat of pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy.

Thou thing of no bowels, thou!

Bloody Bonner, that corpulent tyrant, full (as one said) of guts, and empty of bowels.

offspring

Friend hast thou none, / For thine own bowels, which do call thee sire,

verb

To disembowel.

Their bodies are first bowelled, then dried upon hurdles till they be very dry [...].

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

And when he was hanged, brast asondre in the myddes, and all his bowels gusshed out.

Wiktionary

Leaue words & let them feele your lances pointes, UUhich glided through the bowels of the Greekes.

Wiktionary

The treasures were stored in the bowels of the ship.

Wiktionary

Their bodies are first bowelled, then dried upon hurdles till they be very dry [...].

Wiktionary

I have not had a bowel movement for a week.

Tatoeba · #73123

I bleed when I have bowel movements.

Tatoeba · #282430

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, bowel is marked as figuratively, archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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