Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English: belly, womb; cognate with Dutch wam, German Wamme, Gothic wamba belly; cf. wamus
before 900; Middle English, Old English: belly, womb; cognate with Dutch wam, German Wamme, Gothic wamba belly; cf. wamus
Related forms
wombed, adjective
un·womb, verb (used with object)
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World English Dictionary
womb (wuːm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the nontechnical name for uterus Related: uterine |
| 2. | a hollow space enclosing something, esp when dark, warm, or sheltering |
| 3. | a place where something is conceived: the Near East is the womb of western civilization |
| 4. | obsolete the belly |
| Related: uterine | |
| [Old English wamb; related to Old Norse vomb, Gothic wamba, Middle Low German wamme, Swedish våmm] | |
| wombed | |
| —adj | |
| 'womblike | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
womb
O.E. wamb, womb "belly, uterus," from P.Gmc. *wambo (cf. O.N. vomb, O.Fris. wambe, M.Du. wamme, Du. wam, O.H.G. wamba, Ger. Wamme "belly, paunch," Goth. wamba "belly, womb," O.E. umbor "child"), of unknown origin.
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Medical Dictionary
womb (w&oomacr;m)
n.
See uterus.
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Science Dictionary
womb  (w m) Pronunciation Key
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Example sentences
As it turned out, the evolutionary answer was to let the brain keep growing outside the womb before it matures.
He appears to confuse the womb with an isolation or sensory deprivation tank.
More oxygen in the air would have contributed to better conditions in the womb.
The findings suggest that the tendency stems from head-tilting preferences established during the last weeks in the womb.
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