Definition of bowels Bowels

/bawˈʌlz/ - [bawulz] -

We found 7 definitions of bowels from 4 different sources.

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What does bowels mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: bowels

bowels - the center of the Earth
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  • bowels (Noun)
    Plural of bowel.
  • bowels (Noun)
    The deepest or innermost part.
  • bowels (Noun)
    The concept or quality that defines something at its very core.
  • bowels (Noun)
    The intestines.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • bowels
    bow′elz, n.pl. the interior parts of the body, the entrails, the intestines: the interior part of anything: (fig.) the heart, pity, tenderness (the emotions being supposed to be seated in the bowels—B. and Shak.).—v.t. Bow′el, to take out the bowels. [O. Fr. boel—L. botellus, a sausage, also an intestine.]

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  • bowels, verb, present, 3rd person singular of bowel (infinitive).
  • bowels, noun, plural of bowel.

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