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The bowel is defined as the inner part of something.

(noun)

A tiny office in the basement of a building on a big campus is an example of an office in the bowels of the campus.
The part of your intestines between your stomach and your anus is an example of your bowel.

See bowel in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

Origin: ME bouel < boele < OFr buele < ML botellum, intestine < L botellus, dim. of botulus, sausage, via Oscan or Umbrian < IE base *gwet-, a swelling > OE cwitha, womb

transitive verb boweled or bowelled, boweling or bowelling

to disembowel

See bowel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. 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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French boel

Origin: , from Latin botellus, small intestine

Origin: , diminutive of botulus, sausage

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