English Explanatory Dictionary

stomach

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
  2. The belly.
  3. Pride, haughtiness.
  4. An appetite.
  5. A desire, an appetite (for something abstract).
  6. The part of a garment that covers a person's stomach.
verb
  1. To tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to stand or handle something.
  2. To be angry.
  3. To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
  4. To turn the stomach of; to sicken or repel.

Pronunciation

/ˈstʌm.ək/ /ˈstʌm.ɪk/ en-us-stomach.ogg /ˈstɐm.ək/ /ˈstɐm.ɪk/ /ˈsʈə.mək(h)/ [st̺ɐ.mɐk(ʰ)] [ʂʈɐ-]

Word forms

stomach stomachs stomack stomaching stomached

Etymology

From Middle English stomak, from Old French estomac, from Latin stomachus, from Ancient Greek στόμαχος (stómakhos), from στόμα (stóma, “mouth”). Partially displaced native Old English maga, whence Modern English maw.

Synonyms

belly abdomen tummy bouk gut guts maw put up with brook

Related words

stomachic stomachal

Derived words

an army marches on its stomach antestomach cast-iron stomach forestomach have butterflies in one's stomach have eyes bigger than one's stomach honeycomb stomach honey stomach muscular stomach on a full stomach on an empty stomach one's stomach thinks one's throat has been cut pit of the stomach rennet stomach sick to one's stomach sour stomach stay-stomach stomachache stomach ache stomach acid stomach balloon stomach bug stomach cancer stomach-churning stomach-churningly stomach crunch stomacher stomach flu stomachful stomachical stomachless stomachlike stomach lining stomach oil stomach pump stomach staggers stomach sweetbread stomach-turning stomach-turningly stomach ulcer stomach vacuum stomach worm stomachy stommy stummy the way to a man's heart is through his stomach tummy upset stomach waterfall stomach wolf in one's stomach stomachable unstomachable
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