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bowel

[ bou-uhl, boul ]

noun

  1. Anatomy.
    1. Usually bowels. the intestine.
    2. a part of the intestine.
  2. bowels,
    1. the inward or interior parts:

      the bowels of the earth.

    2. Archaic. feelings of pity or compassion.


verb (used with object)

boweled, boweling or (especially British) bowelled, bowelling.
  1. to disembowel.

bowel

/ ˈ²ú²¹ÊŠÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. an intestine, esp the large intestine in man
  2. plural innards; entrails
  3. plural the deep or innermost part (esp in the phrase the bowels of the earth )
  4. archaic.
    plural the emotions, esp of pity or sympathy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bowel

/ bou′ə±ô /

  1. The intestine.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú´Ç·Éıô·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bowel1

1250–1300; Middle English b ( o ) uel < Old French < Latin botellus little sausage ( bot ( ulus ) sausage + -ellus -elle )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bowel1

C13: from Old French bouel , from Latin botellus a little sausage, from botulus sausage
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During the offseason, construction crews gutted the bowels of Dodger Stadium, digging deep trenches down the left and right field foul lines to build new, expanded clubhouse areas.

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A scan taken in August showed a lesion in the bowel.

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A replica awaited in the bowels of Wales' stadium to be handed over to England in a ceremony behind closed doors, but in front of the television cameras.

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George, a top agent at a London intelligence agency, meanders through the chimeric bowels of a posh nightclub, hunting for a contact who’s got some bad news waiting.

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The screening included checks for possible cervical, breast and bowel cancer, as well as abdominal aortic aneurysm.

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