bowel

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French bouel, from Old French boïel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”). Doublet of boyau. === Pronunciation === enPR: bou'əl, boul, IPA(key): /ˈbaʊ.əl/, /baʊl/ Rhymes: -aʊəl, -aʊl === Noun === bowel (plural bowels) (chiefly medicine) A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine. (in the plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach. (in the plural, figuratively) The (deep) interior of something. (in the plural, archaic) The seat of pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy. (obsolete, in the plural) offspring ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === bowel (third-person singular simple present bowels, present participle (US) boweling or (UK) bowelling, simple past and past participle (US) boweled or (UK) bowelled) (now rare) To disembowel. === See also === large bowel small bowel small intestine colon laxative tharm === Anagrams === Below, Blowe, Lebow, below, blowe, bowle, elbow