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View usage for: (mɔː) Word forms: plural mawscountable noun [usually singular]If you describe something as a maw, you mean that it is like a big open mouth which swallows everything near it. [literary] ...helping to chop wood to feed the red maw of the stove. Synonyms: mouth, crop, throat, jaws More Synonyms of maw (mɔː) noun1. the mouth, throat, crop, or stomach of an animal, esp of a voracious animal 2. informal the mouth or stomach of a greedy person Word origin Old English maga; related to Middle Dutch maghe, Old Norse magimaw in American English 1 (mɔ) noun1. a. Archaic the stomach or its cavity b. the stomach of an animal; specif., the fourth stomach of a cud-chewing animal 2. the throat, gullet, jaws, or oral cavity of a voracious animal 3. anything thought of as consuming, devouring, etc. without end Word origin ME mawe < OE maga, akin to Ger magen, stomach < IE base * mak-, skin, bag > Welsh megin, bellows maw in American English 2 (mɔ) noun Dialectal ma; mama; mother Examples of 'maw' in a sentencemaw Definition the mouth, throat, or stomach of an animal the bear's gaping maw Additional synonymsDefinition the stomach of an animal Synonyms throat, crop, stomach, maw, gullet, gizzard Definition the muscular tube through which food passes from the throat to the stomach He burnt his mouth, throat and gullet. Synonyms throat, crop, maw, crawDefinition the passage from the mouth and nose to the stomach and lungs She had a sore throat. Synonyms gullet, windpipe, oesophagus, crop, maw, craw, trachea, pharynx- maunder
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