Thesaurus: womb

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1. n. The belly; the abdomen.
2. n. The uterus. See Uterus.
3. n. The place where anything is generated or produced.
4. n. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.
5. v. t. To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret.
6. n. a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
7. 1. The belly; the abdomen. [Obs.] Chaucer. 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. (Anat.) 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. To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret. [Obs.] Shak.
8. n:100 n a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus