🫃 A body organ 👖 The belly 💪 Courage or desire 😣 To tolerate

stomach

810 1.0

An organ in the body that mixes and partly digests food

noun
/ˈstʌmək/

: estómago

She rubbed her stomach after realizing she had eaten too much at dinner.
a stomach ache
stomach and intestines
stomach cancer

And I got this pang in my stomach and I said beyond.

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Examples

It's been a long time now because my stomach feels full all the time.

Wayne Goss
So I think I need to go fill my stomach with some food.

Molly Burke
Oh God, my stomach has been not happy.
I had some stomach issues.

Land of Bad (2024)
The number of people that have stomach issues is enormous.
So instead of having coffee, which upsets my stomach, I have tea.
It makes me sick to my stomach.

Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)
Lula suddenly feels sick to her stomach and slumps down on the edge of the bed.

Fiction book (1990)
It's partly that, but also, my stomach's been cramping like crazy for hours.

Babes (2024)
After eating a large meal, I felt pressure in my stomach as my body began the digestion process.

Synonyms

belly

vsstomach

374 1.0

Part of the body between the chest and hips, or the underside of an animal

is the specific muscular organ inside that area where digestion begins

tummy

vsstomach

Baby Talk

106 4.0

The stomach or belly, often the round front part of the body where food goes after you eat

is the formal anatomical pouch used for mixing and partial digestion

tum

vsstomach

Baby Talk

8 9.3

The part of the body where food goes after you eat, often used by children

is the technical organ term used in anatomy and medical contexts

breadbasket

vsstomach

Informal

1 7.6

A body part that digests food

is the anatomical pouch where food mixes before moving to intestines

Idioms

to turn one's stomach

6 7.0

To make you feel sick or disgusted

butterflies in one's stomach

Informal

5 3.9

A feeling of nervous excitement in your stomach before an important event

eyes bigger than one's stomach

Informal

1 6.9

To take more food than you can eat

hit in the pit of someone's stomach

9.5

Cause a sudden sick feeling of fear or shock in the stomach

Compounds

stomach ache

11 1.0

A pain in the stomach that makes you feel sick

upset stomach

9 2.6

A mild pain or feeling of sickness in the stomach

stomach flu

Informal

9 2.5

An illness that makes your stomach and intestines sore and swollen, causing vomiting and diarrhea

full stomach

5 1.0

The feeling you have after you eat enough food

strong stomach

4 5.5

To be able to see or hear unpleasant things without feeling sick

stomach upset

2 2.6

A mild stomach pain that often makes you feel sick or causes heartburn

stomach ulcer

Specialized

2 3.2

A sore on the inside of the stomach that causes pain or discomfort

pit of the stomach

1 7.0

A slight hollow just below the chest bone where you feel anxiety or pain

stomach pump

Specialized

1 4.5

A machine that removes food and liquid from the stomach by sucking in poisoning cases

first stomach

Specialized

8.3

Part of a cow's stomach that stores food to be chewed again

fourth stomach

Specialized

8.5

A last stomach compartment in animals like cows and sheep that digests food

second stomach

Specialized

7.9

A stomach part in animals like cows that helps break down plant food

third stomach

Specialized

9.1

A part of a cow's or sheep's stomach that takes in water and nutrients from food

stomach exercise

3.0

An exercise that makes the muscles around your belly stronger

stomach sweetbread

9.9

A soft part of an animal's body called the pancreas that people eat

How Muscular

gizzard

Specialized

9 7.0

stomach

810 1.0

crop

Specialized

1 7.9

Surface Forms

stomach singular

stomachs plural

Etymology

Stomach comes from the old Greek word stoma, which means 'mouth'. Think of the stomach as the 'mouth' inside your body where food goes to be mixed and partly broken down, so the origin fits the organ's job.