/ˈbeli/
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Translation
The soft front part of your body between your chest and your legs.
Word origin
From Old English belg, meaning a bag or a skin: the belly was seen as the body's bag.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- belg
- English cognates
- bellows
Examples
tickled .
"Belly" is a warm, everyday word for this part of the body.
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"On your belly" means face down.
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A full belly means you have eaten enough.
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