bowel
[ bou-uh l, boul ]
/ ˈbaʊ əl, baʊl /
noun
Anatomy.
- Usually bowels. the intestine.
- a part of the intestine.
bowels,
- the inward or interior parts: the bowels of the earth.
- Archaic. feelings of pity or compassion.
verb (used with object), bow·eled, bow·el·ing or (especially British) bow·elled, bow·el·ling.
to disembowel.
Origin of bowel
1250–1300; Middle English
b(o)uel < Old French < Latin
botellus little sausage (
bot(ulus) sausage +
-ellus
-elle)
OTHER WORDS FROM bowel
bow·el·less, adjectiveWords nearby bowel
Example sentences from the Web for bowels
British Dictionary definitions for bowels
bowel
/ (ˈbaʊəl) /
noun
an intestine, esp the large intestine in man
(plural)
innards; entrails
(plural)
the deep or innermost part (esp in the phrase the bowels of the earth)
(plural) archaic
the emotions, esp of pity or sympathy
Word Origin for bowel
C13: from Old French
bouel, from Latin
botellus a little sausage, from
botulus sausage
Medical definitions for bowels
bowel
[ bou′əl, boul ]
n.
The intestine. Often used in the plural.
Scientific definitions for bowels
bowel
[ bou′əl ]
The intestine.