womb
noun/wuːm/
/wuːm/
- 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.
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyc2- the baby growing in her womb
- the nine months for which we are carried in our mothers' wombs
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- barren
- artificial
- come out of
- emerge from
- in the/your womb
- within the/your womb
- out of the/your womb
- …
- the lining of the womb
- the neck of the womb
- the wall of the womb
- …
Word OriginOld English wamb, womb, of Germanic origin.
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