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Definition of womb

womb

/wuːm/
womb
Plural:wombs
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• noun

1

The hollow, pear-shaped muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of female humans and other mammals in which a fertilized ovum implants and a fetus develops before birth; the uterus.

Example

"The ultrasound showed that the baby was developing normally inside the mother's womb."

2

A sheltered, enclosing place or environment in which something is formed, nurtured, or generated.

Example

"Ancient river valleys served as the womb of early agrarian civilizations."

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Word Origin & Etymology

From Old English 'wamb' or 'womb', meaning the belly, stomach, bowels, or uterus, derived from Proto-Germanic '*wambo'. In early Germanic languages, the word referred broadly to the abdomen before narrowing in Modern English to the female reproductive organ.

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