Kilo Lingo

/ˈstʌmək/

Line drawing of stomach
Coloured illustration of stomach
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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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