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bowels

bowels

1 7.2
The deep inner parts of something, especially the Earth
  • noun
  • /ˈbaʊəlz/
  • Literature
translation icon : entrañas
  • Explorers have ventured deep into the bowels of the Earth to study its geology.

And I got lost in the bowels of NBC.

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Examples

  • Sprawled in the bowels of the earth, the torn fields of France.

  • DOWN THE NEXT STAIRWELL ON THE LEFT, STRAIGHT TO THE BOWELS OF THE SHIP.

    Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)

  • And I got lost in the bowels of NBC.

    Team Coco

  • They grew, they grew in the bowels of the earth.

    The Royal Institution

  • We go down and we open this thing up and we're now like in the bowels of the building, you know, where the foundation you you would expect ought to be.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • I mean, people are going into the bowels of C-SPAN to dig up clips.

  • Or you could be like a really tough poor kid from the bowels of Brooklyn and you're not judged.

  • The ancient city was buried in the bowels of the jungle, hidden beneath thick vegetation.

  • Many secrets lie in the bowels of the library, where the rarest books are stored.

Synonyms

depths
vsbowels
1 3.9

The lowest parts of a place or a feeling

emphasize the innermost central core rather than remote concealment

Antonyms

exterior
124 3.1

The outside part of something, like the walls of a house

surface
3.4

On the outside or top layer of something

Compounds

looseness of the bowels
  • Specialized
6.8

Frequent watery bowel movements that happen when you are ill

How Deep

bowels
  • Literature
1 7.2
depths
1 3.9
core
468 3.2
interior
329 3.0
surface
3.4

Surface Forms

bowel singular
bowels plural

Morphology

bowels = bowel (transparent) = bowel + s

Simple plural formation from 'bowel'; the figurative sense 'inner parts/depths' is a direct metaphor from internal organs and thus readily derivable by learners.

Etymology

Bowels comes from an old word for the body's inner 'guts' or 'intestines'. That's why we speak of the bowels of the earth or a mountain: it gives the image of the very deepest, most hidden inside parts.