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Bowel

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈbaʊ.əl

Definitions

  1. A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
  2. The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.
    in-plural
  3. The (deep) interior of something.
    figuratively, in-plural
  4. The seat of pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy.
    archaic, in-plural
  5. offspring
    in-plural, obsolete

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Examples

“And when he was hanged, brast asondre in the myddes, and all his bowels gusshed out.”
“Leaue words & let⟳ them feele your lances pointes, UUhich glided through the bowels of the Greekes.”
“The treasures were stored in the bowels of the ship.”
“His soldiers […] cried out amain, / And rushed into the bowels of the battle.”
“Thou thing of no bowels, thou!”
“Bloody Bonner, that corpulent tyrant, full (as one said) of guts, and empty of bowels.”
“Friend hast thou none, / For thine own⟳ bowels, which do call⟳ thee sire,”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

bowel cancer bowel movement bowel obstruction bowel transit time Bowell bowellism

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