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Meaning of "womb" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WOMB

Old English wamb; related to Old Norse vomb, Gothic wamba, Middle Low German wamme, Swedish våmm.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WOMB

womb  [wuːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WOMB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Womb is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WOMB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

womb

Uterus

The uterus or womb is a major female hormone-responsive reproductive sex organ of most mammals including humans. One end, the cervix, opens into the vagina, while the other is connected to one or both fallopian tubes, depending on the species. It is within the uterus that the fetus develops during gestation, usually developing completely in placental mammals such as humans and partially in marsupials such as kangaroos and opossums. Two uteri usually form initially in a female and usually male fetus, and in placental mammals they may partially or completely fuse into a single uterus depending on the species. In many species with two uteri, only one is functional. Humans and other higher primates such as chimpanzees, along with horses, usually have a single completely fused uterus, although in some individuals the uteri may not have completely fused. In English, the term uterus is used consistently within the medical and related professions, while the Germanic-derived term womb is more common in everyday usage. Most animals that lay eggs, such as birds and reptiles, including most ovoviviparous species, have an oviduct instead of a uterus.

Definition of womb in the English dictionary

The first definition of womb in the dictionary is a hollow space enclosing something, esp when dark, warm, or sheltering. Other definition of womb is a place where something is conceived. Womb is also the belly.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WOMB


assume
əˈsjuːm
bathroom
ˈbɑːθˌruːm
bedroom
ˈbɛdˌruːm
bloom
bluːm
boardroom
ˈbɔːdˌruːm
boom
buːm
classroom
ˈklɑːsˌruːm
costume
ˈkɒstjuːm
doom
duːm
Hume
hjuːm
mushroom
ˈmʌʃruːm
newsroom
ˈnjuːzˌruːm
perfume
ˈpɜːfjuːm
resume
rɪˈzjuːm
room
ruːm
showroom
ˈʃəʊˌruːm
tomb
tuːm
volume
ˈvɒljuːm
whom
huːm
zoom
zuːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WOMB

womanism
womanist
womanize
womanized
womanizer
womanizing
womankind
womanless
womanliness
womanly
womanness
womanpower
womb-leasing
wombat
wombed
womblike
womby
women
Women´s Centre
women´s group

WORDS THAT END LIKE WOMB

A-bomb
aplomb
atomic bomb
bath bomb
bomb
car bomb
cherry bomb
comb
coulomb
dirty bomb
fine-toothed comb
honeycomb
like a bomb
Newcomb
photobomb
pipe bomb
smoke bomb
the bomb
the tomb
time bomb

Synonyms and antonyms of womb in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «womb» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WOMB

Find out the translation of womb to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of womb from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «womb» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

子宫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

útero
570 millions of speakers

English

womb
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोख
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رحم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

матка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

útero
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গর্ভ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

utérus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rahim
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gebärmutter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

子宮
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자궁
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rahim
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tử cung
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கருவில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गर्भाशय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rahim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

utero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łono
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

матка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uter
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μήτρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skoot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

livmoder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skjød
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of womb

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WOMB»

The term «womb» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.723 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WOMB» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «womb» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «womb» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about womb

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10 QUOTES WITH «WOMB»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word womb.
1
Jean Arp
Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb.
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Jodi Benson
I pretty much came out of the womb singing. I think I sang all the time.
3
Marc Bolan
I am the 'Cosmic Dancer' who dances his way out of the womb and into the tomb on 'Electric Warrior.' I'm not frightened to get up there and groove about in front of six million people on TV because it doesn't look cool. That's the way I would do it at home.
4
John Calvin
Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.
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Robert Casey
The advocates of abortion on demand falsely assume two things: that women must suffer if the lives of unborn children are legally protected; and that women can only attain equality by having the legal option of destroying their innocent offspring in the womb.
6
Carl von Clausewitz
Politics is the womb in which war develops.
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Frances Bean Cobain
I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.
8
Anderson Cooper
I've been addicted to TV since I emerged from the womb.
9
Quentin Crisp
You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave.
10
Kiki Dee
In my late 30s, I flirted with the idea of having a child without necessarily being in a steady relationship. But I've never had a strong maternal urge, and then I got cancer of the womb - luckily caught at an early stage - so that put paid to that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WOMB»

Discover the use of womb in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to womb and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Womb Wisdom: Awakening the Creative and Forgotten Powers of ...
Including intimate, individual stories of women experiencing the opening of the womb, this book also explores the forgotten sacred sites of the womb around the world as well as how the womb’s energies are crucial to birth a new ...
Padma Aon Prakasha, Anaiya Aon Prakasha, 2011
2
The Flaming Womb: Repositioning Women in Early Modern ...
This challenging work by senior scholar Barbara Watson Andaya considers such contradictions while offering a thought-provoking view of Southeast Asian history that focuses on women's roles and perceptions.
Barbara Watson Andaya, 2006
3
Outsourcing the Womb: Race, Class and Gestational Surrogacy ...
First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
France Winddance Twine, 2012
4
Two Nations in Your Womb: Perceptions of Jews and Christians ...
Offers a provocative look at the relationship between Judaism and Christianity, arguing that the inter-religous polemic between the two religions served as a substantial component in the formation of each and that the impact of Christianity ...
Israel Jacob Yuval, 2008
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A Womb With a View: America's Growing Public Interest in ...
A Womb with a View: America's Growing Public Interest in Pregnancy addresses how media influence and changes in society have exposed and commoditized pregnancy li
Laura Tropp Ph.D., 2013
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Politics of the Womb: Women, Reproduction, and the State in ...
By examining the political significance of reproductive controversies in 20th century Kenya, this book explores why and how control of female initiation, abortion, childbirth and premarital pregnancy have been crucial to the exercise of ...
Lynn M. Thomas, 2003
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The Captured Womb: A History of the Medical Care of Pregnant ...
Traces the history of prenatal medical care from the eighteenth century to the present, discusses technological developments, and looks at how modern medicine has taken control of childbirth
Ann Oakley, 1986
8
Reproducing the Womb: Images of Childbirth in Science, ...
Alice E. Adams crafts a subtle new response to the controversies surrounding reproductive freedom and the implications of medical technology.
Alice Elaine Adams, 1994
9
Windows to the Womb: Revealing the Conscious Baby from ...
In this new climate of appreciation for the surprising dimensions of fetal behavior, sensitivity, and intelligence, this book brings a host of new information to light about the transformative journey each one of us must undergo in the womb ...
David Chamberlain, 2013
10
From a Virgin Womb: The Apocalypse of Adam and the Virgin Birth
Utilising parallels from the Apocalypse of Adam and elsewhere, this book re-examines Mt.'s infancy narratives in the light of the apocalyptic and mythological background to the virgin birth.
Andrew J. Welburn, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WOMB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term womb is used in the context of the following news items.
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Michelle Wilkins who survived having fetus cut from her womb meets …
An expectant mother who survived having her unborn baby brutally cut out of her womb has met the officials who saved her life - as the woman accused of ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Woman accused of cutting baby from womb will stand trial in Colorado
A judge on Tuesday ordered Dynel Lane, the woman accused of cutting an unborn baby from a stranger's womb, to stand trial on attempted murder, terminating ... «Chicago Tribune, May 15»
3
Baby girl cut from Colorado's Michelle Wilkins' womb was NOT born …
Baby girl cut from Colorado mother's womb was NOT born alive as it is revealed woman accused of attack still faces more than 100 years in prison. Dynel Lane ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
4
Colorado woman charged under new law in womb attack
BOULDER, Colo. — A woman accused of cutting a baby from a pregnant woman's womb was charged Friday with first-degree attempted murder. Dynel Lane, 34 ... «USA TODAY, Mar 15»
5
Woman released from hospital after baby taken from womb
LONGMONT - The Longmont woman - who was hospitalized after her baby was cut out of her womb and taken - was released from the hospital, according to a ... «9NEWS.com, Mar 15»
6
Colorado woman cuts baby out of mother who answered Craigslist ad
A seven months-pregnant woman whose baby was cut from her womb made a desperate 911 call after the brutal attack on Wednesday pleading for help as she ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
7
Thailand aims to ban surrogacy for foreigners to end "rent-a-womb
Thailand's interim parliament has passed a law that bans foreigners from seeking surrogacy services to end a "rent-a-womb" industry that made the Southeast ... «CNBC, Feb 15»
8
Womb transplant couple 'had no doubt' of success
A Swedish woman who gave birth to a baby boy using a transplanted womb has ... without a uterus, received a donated womb from a friend who was in her 60s. «BBC News, Oct 14»
9
First womb-transplant baby born
A woman in Sweden has given birth to a baby boy using a transplanted womb, in a medical first, doctors report. The 36-year-old mother, who was born without a ... «BBC News, Oct 14»
10
Fonzie Fetus: Sonogram showing baby giving thumbs up in womb
This baby isn't even out of the womb yet, but it already is living a cool lifestyle. A sonogram posted to Reddit by soon-to-be father Brandon Hopkins shows his ... «WLS-TV, Sep 14»

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