English Explanatory Dictionary

bowel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
  2. The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.
  3. The (deep) interior of something.
  4. The seat of pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy.
  5. offspring
verb
  1. To disembowel.

Pronunciation

bou'əl boul /ˈbaʊ.əl/ /baʊl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bowel.wav

Word forms

bowel bowels boweling bowelling boweled bowelled

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French bouel, from Old French boïel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”). Doublet of boyau.

Related words

large bowel small bowel small intestine colon laxative tharm

Derived words

book bowel book bowel tendency bowel cancer bowelless bowellism bowel movement bowel obstruction bowel transit time disbowel disembowel embowel gay bowel syndrome get one's bowels in an uproar inflammatory bowel disease irritable bowel syndrome large bowel nonbowel open one's bowels short bowel syndrome small bowel unbowel
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