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UK
/stˈʌmək/
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[ US /ˈstəmək/ ]
[ US /ˈstəmək/ ]
NOUN
- the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
- an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
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an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness
he had no stomach for a fight -
an appetite for food
exercise gave him a good stomach for dinner
VERB
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bear to eat
He cannot stomach raw fish -
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
he learned to tolerate the heat
She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
I cannot bear his constant criticism
How To Use stomach In A Sentence
- Desiccated liver is approximately 80% protein and is easily broken down and absorbed by the stomach.
- Desiccated liver is approximately 80% protein and is easily broken down and absorbed by the stomach.
- Light pains in my chest, the indeterminable gurgle in my stomach, a swaying before my eyes. Books in 2009, #5
- Depardieu's flick-knife is stuck in his stomach, and the dying man's description of his attacker is pointedly applicable to Depardieu. Archive 2008-08-01
- Given the combination of ineffable beauty and extremely unpleasant sensations in my stomach and head, I would be quite content to die here.
- A good backstroker knows how many strokes to take when they see the flags before flipping over onto their stomachs for the flip turn.
- My stomach deflated and the horrible bloated feeling I had woken with was gone.
- In some cases, the vomited milk may smell curdled because it has mixed with stomach acid.
- the fundus of the stomach
- The resemblance also of the human stomach to that of the orang-outang is greater than to that of any other animal. The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
