bowel
noun
- an intestine, esp. of a human being; gut: usually used in pl.
- the interior or inner part: the bowels of the mountain
- Archaic the inside of the body, regarded as the source of pity, tenderness, etc.; hence, tender emotions
transitive verb boweled or bowelled, boweling or bowelling
to disembowel
See bowel in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(bouˈəl, boul)
nouna. The intestine. Often used in the plural.
b. A part or division of the intestine: the large bowel.
- bowels The interior of something: in the bowels of the ship.
- bowels Archaic The seat of pity or the gentler emotions.
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