womb
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English wamb, womb. Cognate with Dutch wam, German Wamme.
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- Rhymes: -uːm
[edit] Noun
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womb (plural wombs)
- (obsolete) The abdomen or stomach.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:
- And his hede, hym semed,was enamyled with asure, and his shuldyrs shone as the golde, and his wombe was lyke mayles of a merveylous hew [...].
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:
- (anatomy) In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.
- (figuratively) A place where something is made or formed.
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organ in mammals
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figuratively: place where something is made or formed
belly — see belly