'Paunch' definitions:
Definition of 'Paunch'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Paunch'
From: GCIDE
- Paunch \Paunch\ (p[add]nch or p[aum]nch; 277), n. [OF. panch, pance, F. panse, L. pantex, panticis.]
- 1. (Anat.) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) A paunch mat; -- called also panch. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A noticeably protruding belly; a potbelly. [PJC]
- Paunch mat (Naut.), a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'paunch'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abdomen,
- abomasum,
- bay window,
- beerbelly,
- belly,
- bowel,
- breadbasket,
- corporation,
- craw,
- crop,
- diaphragm,
- disembowel,
- draw,
- embonpoint,
- first stomach,
- gizzard,
- gullet,
- gut,
- honeycomb stomach,
- kishkes,
- manyplies,
- maw,
- midriff,
- omasum,
- pot,
- potbelly,
- potgut,
- psalterium,
- pusgut,
- rennet bag,
- reticulum,
- rumen,
- second stomach,
- spare tire,
- stomach,
- swagbelly,
- third stomach,
- tum-tum,
- tummy,
- underbelly,
- ventripotence