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(baʊəl)
Word forms: plural bowels
1. countable noun
Your bowels are the tubes in your body through which digested food passes from your stomach to your anus.
2. plural noun
You can refer in a polite way to someone getting rid of the waste from their body by saying that they move, open, or empty their bowels.
3. plural noun
You can refer to the parts deep inside something such as the earth, a building, or a machine as the bowels of that thing.
[humorous, or literary]
...deep in the bowels of the earth.
Lyn went off into the dark bowels of the building.

bowel in British English

(ˈbaʊəl)
noun
1. 
an intestine, esp the large intestine in humans
2. (plural)
innards; entrails
3. (plural)
the deep or innermost part (esp in the phrase the bowels of the earth)
4. (plural) archaic
the emotions, esp of pity or sympathy
Word origin
C13: from Old French bouel, from Latin botellus a little sausage, from botulus sausage

bowel in American English

(ˈbaʊəl)
noun
1. 
an intestine, esp. of a human being; gut
usually used in pl.
2.  [pl.]
the interior or inner part
the bowels of the mountain
3.  [pl.]; Archaic
the inside of the body, regarded as the source of pity, tenderness, etc.; hence, tender emotions
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈboweled or ˈbowelled, ˈboweling or ˈbowelling
4. 
to disembowel
Idioms:
move one's bowels
Word origin
ME bouel < boele < OFr buele < ML botellum, intestine < L botellus, dim. of botulus, sausage, via Oscan or Umbrian < IE base *gwet-, a swelling > OE cwitha, womb

Examples of 'bowel' in a sentence
bowel

Nor has he wanted to discuss the bowel cancer that nearly killed him ten years ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But by the time it landed he had died from undiagnosed bowel cancer.
The Sun (2016)
She was diagnosed with bowel cancer when 17 weeks pregnant.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Foster discovered he had bowel cancer in 1999 after feeling a dull pain one night.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
First you may pick up a very early bowel cancer, therefore making treatment easier.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
My bowel movements have changed.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
FAMILY doctors are failing to spot telltale signs of bowel cancer, a study has found.
The Sun (2016)
The causes of irritable bowel syndrome are poorly understood and the treatment can be ineffective, meaning that those it afflicts often suffer all their lives.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Stress can be linked with irritable bowel syndrome and bloating.
The Sun (2012)
These again can cause bowel cancer and may also be responsible for diseases such as pancreatic cancer.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This causes pain and bowel and bladder problems.
The Sun (2007)
He suffered internal injuries and needed surgery to remove part of his bowel and intestines.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The eighth track features a bowel movement.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Obesity and irritable bowel syndrome are thought to be vulnerable to the right strain of bacteria.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
My mum died from a heart attack and she had bowel cancer.
The Sun (2013)
These were to help her restore control of her bladder and bowels.
The Sun (2006)
This was satisfactory until the officer was obliged to empty his bowels.
Geraghty, Tony The Bullet Catchers (1989)
Then it will make it way into my intestines, enter my large bowel.
The Sun (2014)
The Scotland midfielder was diagnosed with a chronic bowel condition which left him bedridden.
The Sun (2012)
It's been three full days since I moved my bowels.
Bachmann, Susan (editor) & Barth, Melinda Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook (1995)
Imagine an existence in the bowels of the earth where, for up to eight months at a time, there is no fresh air.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

In other languages
bowel

British English: bowel NOUN
Your bowels are the tubes in your body where digested food from your stomach is stored before you pass it from your body.
Eating fruit and vegetables can help to keep your bowels healthy.
  • American English: bowel
  • Brazilian Portuguese: intestino
  • Chinese: 肠
  • European Spanish: intestino
  • French: intestin
  • German: Darm
  • Italian: intestino
  • Japanese: 腸
  • Korean: 내장
  • European Portuguese: intestino
  • Latin American Spanish: intestino

All related terms of 'bowel'

bowel habit
A habit is something that you do often or regularly.
bowel cancer
cancer of the colon
bowel complaint
bowel disease or condition
bowel movement
the discharge of faeces; defecation
bowel obstruction
a blockage in the bowel
irritable bowel syndrome
a chronic condition of recurring abdominal pain with constipation or diarrhoea or both
inflammatory bowel disease
any intestinal inflammatory disease, esp. Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, of unknown cause
IBS
irritable bowel syndrome
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