womb
the uterus of the human female and certain higher mammals.
the place in which anything is formed or produced: the womb of time.
the interior of anything.
Obsolete. the belly.
Origin of womb
1Other words from womb
- wombed, adjective
- un·womb, verb (used with object)
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How to use womb in a sentence
The problem of mothers is solved by having children born by artificial wombs and raised in state-run homes.
What Made Anders Behring Breivik a Mass Killer in Norway? | Aage Borchgrevink | November 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe state perceives that Palestinian wombs threaten its very nature.
But there is nothing worth saving about an ideology that makes a state fear the wombs of its citizens.
We still have wombs and breasts and need health care different from men so we can still be manipulated.
But such severity can be directed at women because they and their wombs are sacred.
It must have been a Great Fire indeed if ashes from it are still falling from the wombs of healthy women.
The Jewels of Aptor | Samuel R. DelanyTwashtri forms the organism in maternal wombs and supports the races of man.
Indian Myth and Legend | Donald Alexander MackenziePlates: infants cuddled in a ball in bloodred wombs like livers of slaughtered cows.
Ulysses | James JoyceIf you had as many wombs as you will have wishes; and I should foretel all those wishes, I should foretel a million of children.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies | Samuel JohnsonThese wombs are transverse, odoriferous and transparent, ever open for love and more tempting than all the flesh of women.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume IV (of 8) | Guy de Maupassant
British Dictionary definitions for womb
/ (wuːm) /
the nontechnical name for uterus Related adjective: uterine
a hollow space enclosing something, esp when dark, warm, or sheltering
a place where something is conceived: the Near East is the womb of western civilization
obsolete the belly
Origin of womb
1Derived forms of womb
- wombed, adjective
- womblike, adjective
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Scientific definitions for womb
[ wōōm ]
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