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belly

/'bɛli/

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noun
the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
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abdomen stomach venter

type of:
body part

part of:
trunk body torso
verb
swell out or bulge out
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belly out

type of:
tumefy swell swell up intumesce tumesce
noun
a protruding abdomen
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paunch

type of:
fat fatty tissue adipose tissue

part of:
body torso trunk
noun
a part that bulges deeply
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"the belly of a sail"

type of:
hump swelling protuberance jut protrusion bulge bump prominence excrescence extrusion gibbosity gibbousness
noun
the hollow inside of something
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"in the belly of the ship"

type of:
inside interior
noun
the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish
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type of:
underpart

part of:
craniate vertebrate

Examples of belly

"the belly of a sail"
"in the belly of the ship"