/ˈstʌmək/
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Translation
The part inside your body where food goes after you eat it. People also use the word for the front of the body below the chest.
Word origin
From Greek stomachos, at first the throat, from stoma, a mouth. It came into English through Latin and French.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- stomachos
Grammar
Gender
Pluralstomachs
Examples
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The stomach is where food goes after you eat.
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Here "stomach" means the front of the body below the chest.
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"A full stomach" means just after a big meal.
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