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belly

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈbɛli

Definitions

  1. The abdomen (especially a fat one)
  2. The abdomen (especially a fat one).
  3. stomach (an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion)
  4. uterus (a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth)
  5. The lower fuselage of an airplane
  6. The lower fuselage of an airplane.
  7. The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part)
  8. The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part).
  9. The main curved portion of a knife blade.
  10. The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.

Equivalents

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Afrikaansmaag
አማርኛሆድ
Azərbaycan diligöbəkqarınqurşaq
Беларускаябрухажывот
Българскикоре́мшкембе́
বাংলাপেট
Catalàabdomenbucpanxaventre
Danskbugmave
Ελληνικάκοιλιά
Esperantoventro
Eestikoht
Euskarasabel
Gaeilgebolg
Gàidhligbalgbeusbrù
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻiʻōpū
עבריתבטןכרס
Magyarhas
Հայերենորովայնփոր
Bahasa Indonesiagarbalambungpertiwiperuttembolok
Íslenskamagimalli
Italianopanciaventre
日本語お腹腹部
ქართულიმუცელი
Қазақ тіліішқарынқұрсақ
한국어복부
Кыргызчакурсак
Lingálalibumu
Lietuviųpilvas
Latviešuvēders
Te Reo Māorikōpūmanawapuku
Македонскимевстомак
Монголгэдэс
Bahasa Melayuperut
Maltizaqq
မြန်မာဗိုက်ဝမ်း
Nederlandsbuik
ଓଡ଼ିଆଉଦରପେଟ
پښتوخېټهنس
Slovenčinabrucho
Slovenščinatrebuh
Shqipbark
Sesothompa
Svenskabukmage
Тоҷикӣшикам
ትግርኛከብዲ
Türkmençegaryn
Tagalogpusontiyan
Setswanampa
Türkçegöbekkarın
Українськаживі́тлоно
O'zbekchaqorin
Tiếng Việtbụngdạ
Wolofbiir
Yorùbáikùninu
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.
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