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Definition of womb noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

womb

noun
 
/wuːm/
 
/wuːm/
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  1. the organ in women and female animals in which babies or young animals develop before they are born
    • A scan determines the position of the baby in the womb.
    • The baby's head was starting to emerge from the womb.
    synonym uterus
    Extra Examples
    • the baby growing in her womb
    • the nine months for which we are carried in our mothers' wombs
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • barren
    • artificial
    verb + womb
    • come out of
    • emerge from
    preposition
    • in the/​your womb
    • within the/​your womb
    • out of the/​your womb
    phrases
    • the lining of the womb
    • the neck of the womb
    • the wall of the womb
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    Word OriginOld English wamb, womb, of Germanic origin.
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