bowels
nounUK /ˈbaʊəlz/
US /ˈbaʊəlz/
The long tubes inside your body that hold and push out food waste.
The doctor said eating fruit helps keep your bowels healthy.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. The deepest inner parts of something.
Miners dug into the bowels of the earth.
3. The parts of a place that are far inside and hard to reach.
The old pipes run through the bowels of the building.
4. Deep feelings of pity or kindness.
She had no bowels of compassion for the stray cat.