'Womb' definitions:

Definition of 'womb'

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noun
A hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus [syn: uterus, womb]

Definition of 'Womb'

From: GCIDE
  • Womb \Womb\, v. t. To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Womb'

From: GCIDE
  • Womb \Womb\ (w[=oo]m), n. [OE. wombe, wambe, AS. wamb, womb; akin to D. wam belly, OS. & OHG. wamba, G. wamme, wampe, Icel. v["o]mb, Sw. v[*a]mb, Dan. vom, Goth. wamba.]
  • 1. The belly; the abdomen. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that the hogs eat, and no man gave him. --Wyclif (Luke xv. 16). [1913 Webster]
  • An I had but a belly of any indifferency, I were simply the most active fellow in Europe. My womb, my womb, my womb undoes me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Anat.) The uterus. See Uterus. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The place where anything is generated or produced. [1913 Webster]
  • The womb of earth the genial seed receives. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything. [1913 Webster]
  • The center spike of gold Which burns deep in the bluebell's womb. --R. Browning. [1913 Webster]

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