bowels
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Definitions ofbowels
- A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
- (in the plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.
- (in the plural) The (deep) interior of something.
Example: "The treasures were stored in the bowels of the ship."
- (in the plural) The seat of pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy.
- (in plural) offspring
- The deepest or innermost part.
Example: "down in the bowels of the Earth"
- The concept or quality that defines something at its very core.
Example: "the project's bowels"
- The intestines.
- Compassion, sympathy.
- The body as the source of offspring.
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