bowels

bow·el  (boul, boul)

n.

1.

a. The intestine. Often used in the plural.

b. A part or division of the intestine: the large bowel.

2. bowels The interior of something: in the bowels of the ship.

3. bowels Archaic The seat of pity or the gentler emotions.

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[Middle English, from Old French boel, from Latin botellus, small intestine, diminutive of botulus, sausage.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bowels - the center of the Earth midpoint, centre, center - a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

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bowels

plural noun

1. guts, insides (informal), intestines, innards (informal), entrails, viscera, vitals Snatched sandwiches and junk food had cemented his bowels.

2. depths, hold, middle, inside, deep, interior, core, belly, midst, remotest part, deepest part, furthest part, innermost part deep in the bowels of the earth

Translations

bowels [ˈbaʊəlz] npl

[person, animal] → intestins mpl
to open one's bowels, to empty one's bowels, to move one's bowels → déféquer

[building, the earth] → entrailles fpl

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bowels → سُلطانية střeva tarme Eingeweide έντερα intestinos suolisto intestins crijeva viscere 腸 내장 darmen innvoller wnętrzności intestino кишечник mage ลำไส้ bağırsaklar lòng 肠