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maw
maw /mɔː/ aep /mɑː/ noun [C] LITERARY
1 F0 the mouth of a fierce (= frightening) animal: » the lion's mawThesaurus+: ↑The head and neck of non-human animals2 F0 something that seems to surround and absorb everything near it: » She fears that the matter will simply be swallowed up by the maw of bureaucracy.Thesaurus+: ↑Enclosing, surrounding and immersing |