Bowel Definition
bouəl, boul
bowel, bowelled, bowelling, bowels
noun
bowels
An intestine, esp. of a human being; gut.
Webster's New World
The interior or inner part.
The bowels of the mountain.
Webster's New World
The inside of the body, regarded as the source of pity, tenderness, etc.; hence, tender emotions.
Webster's New World
The interior of something.
In the bowels of the ship.
American Heritage
The seat of pity or the gentler emotions.
American Heritage
verb
To disembowel.
Webster's New World
idiom
move one's bowels
- to pass waste matter from the large intestine; defecate
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bowel
- move one's bowels
Origin of Bowel
Middle English from Old French boel from Latin botellus small intestine diminutive of botulus sausage
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle French boel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”).
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