Definition of Womb

1. Noun. A hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus.


Definition of Womb

1. n. The belly; the abdomen.

2. v. t. To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret.

3. n. The belly; the abdomen.

4. v. t. To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret.

Definition of Womb

1. the uterus [n -S] : WOMBED [adj] - See also: uterus

Medical Definition of Womb

1. 1. The belly; the abdomen. "And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that the hogs eat, and no man gave him." (Wyclif (Luke xv. 16)) "An I had but a belly of any indifferency, I were simply the most active fellow in Europe. My womb, my womb, my womb undoes me." (Shak) 2. The uterus. See Uterus. 3. The place where anything is generated or produced. "The womb of earth the genial seed receives." (Dryden) 4. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything. "The center spike of gold Which burns deep in the bluebell's womb." (R. Browning) Origin: OE. Wombe, wambe, AS. Wamb, womb; akin to D. Wam belly, OS. & OHG. Wamba, G. Wamme, wampe, Icel. Vomb, Sw. V&mb, Dan. Vom, Goth. Wamba. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Womb

womanliness
womanliness
womanlinesses
womanly
womanly
womanness
womannesses
womanpower
womanpowers
womans
woman chaser
woman hater
woman of the house
woman of the street
womb (current term)
womb (current term)
womb-to-tomb
wombat
wombat
wombats
wombed
wombier
wombiest
wombing
womblike
wombs
womby
women
women
women's health

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