womb

C2 Topic:The Human Body

Also spelled woumbs

US /wuːm/ See IPA manual

Freq #7752

Meanings

1

noun
In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.

I danced myself right out the womb / Is it strange to dance so soon?
2

noun
The abdomen or stomach.

And his hede, hym semed,was enamyled with asure, and his shuldyrs shone as the golde, and his wombe was lyke mayles of a merveylous hew[…].
3

noun
A place where something is made or formed.

The womb of earth the genial seed receives.
4

noun
Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.

The centre spike of gold Which burns deep in the blue-bell's womb.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · in female mammals, the... belly matrix uterus

Word family

Derived forms rent-a-wombwomb-brotherwomb-childwomblesswomblikewomblywombmanwombmatewomby

Etymology

From Middle English wombe, wambe, from Old English womb, wamb (“belly, stomach; bowels; heart; womb; hollow”), from Proto-West Germanic *wambu, from Proto-Germanic *wambō (“belly, stomach, abdomen”). Cognate with Scots wam, wame (“womb”), Dutch wam (“dewlap of beef; belly of a fish”), German Wamme, Wampe (“paunch, belly”), Danish vom (“belly, paunch, rumen”), Swedish våmb (“belly, stomach, rumen”), Norwegian vom (“rumen”), Icelandic vömb (“belly, abdomen, stomach”), Old Welsh gumbelauc (“womb”), Breton gwamm (“woman, wife”), Sanskrit वपा (vapā́, “the skin or membrane lining the intestines or p...

Topics

The Human Body

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# womb

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /wuːm/
**Frequency rank:** 7752

## Meanings
1. In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.
2. The abdomen or stomach.
3. A place where something is made or formed.
4. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.

## Examples
- I danced myself right out the womb / Is it strange to dance so soon?
- And his hede, hym semed,was enamyled with asure, and his shuldyrs shone as the golde, and his wombe was lyke mayles of a merveylous hew[…].
- The womb of earth the genial seed receives.
- The centre spike of gold Which burns deep in the blue-bell's womb.

## Derived Forms
- rent-a-womb
- womb-brother
- womb-child
- wombless
- womblike
- wombly
- wombman
- wombmate
- womby

## Etymology
From Middle English wombe, wambe, from Old English womb, wamb (“belly, stomach; bowels; heart; womb; hollow”), from Proto-West Germanic *wambu, from Proto-Germanic *wambō (“belly, stomach, abdomen”). Cognate with Scots wam, wame (“womb”), Dutch wam (“dewlap of beef; belly of a fish”), German Wamme, Wampe (“paunch, belly”), Danish vom (“belly, paunch, rumen”), Swedish våmb (“belly, stomach, rumen”), Norwegian vom (“rumen”), Icelandic vömb (“belly, abdomen, stomach”), Old Welsh gumbelauc (“womb”), Breton gwamm (“woman, wife”), Sanskrit वपा (vapā́, “the skin or membrane lining the intestines or p...

## Topics
- The Human Body

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