womb
pronunciation
How to pronounce womb in British English:
UK [wuːm]
How to pronounce womb in American English:
US [wuːm]
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- Noun:
- a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
Word Origin
- womb (n.)
- Old English wamb, womb "belly, bowels, heart, uterus," from Proto-Germanic *wambo (cognates: Old Norse vomb, Old Frisian wambe, Middle Dutch wamme, Dutch wam, Old High German wamba, German Wamme "belly, paunch," Gothic wamba "belly, womb," Old English umbor "child"), of unknown origin.
Example
- 1. She is in the womb , surrounded by warm water .
- 2. The surrounding seas have long been regarded as japan 's protective armour , or sometimes its womb .
- 3. In most cases , this will involve transferring only one embryo to the womb at a time .
- 4. Instead , I imagined hattie and me forming in the womb .
- 5. The womb shrivelled within a few months .