belly
Definitions
- The abdomen (especially a fat one)
- The abdomen (especially a fat one).
- stomach (an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion)
- uterus (a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth)
- The lower fuselage of an airplane
- The lower fuselage of an airplane.
- The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part)
- The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part).
- The main curved portion of a knife blade.
- The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.
Equivalents
75 more languages
Afrikaansmaag
አማርኛሆድ
বাংলাপেট
Ελληνικάκοιλιά
Esperantoventro
Eestikoht
Euskarasabel
Gaeilgebolg
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻiʻōpū
Magyarhas
ქართულიმუცელი
Кыргызчакурсак
Lingálalibumu
Lietuviųpilvas
Latviešuvēders
Монголгэдэс
Bahasa Melayuperut
Maltizaqq
Nederlandsbuik
Slovenčinabrucho
Slovenščinatrebuh
Shqipbark
Sesothompa
Тоҷикӣшикам
ትግርኛከብዲ
Türkmençegaryn
Setswanampa
O'zbekchaqorin
Wolofbiir
isiZuluisisu
Examples
“You've grown a belly over Christmas! Time to join⟳ the gym again.”
“My belly was full of wine.”
“Before I formed thee in the bellie, I knew thee; […]”
“There was no heat, and we shivered in the belly of the plane.”
“the belly of a flask, muscle, violin, sail⟳, or ship”
“[…] I cried by reason⟳ of mine affliction vnto the Lord, and hee heard mee; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voyce.”
“At last⟳ I got my knife and cut⟳ the halyards. The peak dropped instantly, a great belly of loose canvas floated broad upon the water […]”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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