bow•el
Pronunciation: (bou'ul, boul), [key]
— n., v., -eled, -el•ing -elled, -el•ling.
—n.
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- Usually,bowels.the intestine.
- a part of the intestine.
- the bowels of the earth.
- the inward or interior parts:the bowels of the earth.
- Archaic.feelings of pity or compassion.
—v.t.
- to disembowel.
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