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
Synonyms:
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

Other Word Forms of Bowel

Noun

Singular:
bowel
Plural:
bowels

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

  • From Middle French boel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”).

    From Wiktionary

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