womb
womb is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Anat.) The uterus. See Uterus.
- 2.The place where anything is generated or produced. The womb of earth the genial seed receives. Dryden.
- 3.Any cavity containing and enveloping anything. The center spike of gold Which burns deep in the bluebell's womb. R. Browning.
- 4.To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abdomen
- abdominal
- about
- after
- all
- approach
- await
- backbone
- belly
- beyond
- bosom
- breast
- brewing
- cave
- center
- certainly
- chance
- circumscribe
- close
- coeliac
- come
- coming
- concavity
- contents
- death
- deep
- destiny
- distance
- domestic
- doom
- embryo
- endemic
- entrails
- eventually
- everlasting
- existence
- expectation
- face
- family
- for
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is womb.
- What is the place where anything is generated or produced. The womb of earth the genial seed receives. Dryden called?
- What is any cavity containing and enveloping anything. The center spike of gold Which burns deep in the bluebell's womb. R. Browning called?
- What is to inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret. [Obs.] Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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