stomach

noun
/ˈstʌmək/

An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.

Other meanings

A desire, an appetite (for something abstract).
“I have no stomach for a fight today.”
The part of a garment that covers a person's stomach.

A kind of

internal organ

Kinds of stomach

crop
rumen
reticulum
third stomach
fourth stomach

Related words

stomachical
an army marches on its stomach
antestomach
cast-iron stomach
forestomach
honeycomb stomach
honey stomach
muscular stomach
on a full stomach
on an empty stomach
pit of the stomach
rennet stomach

Example sentences

“I must have a stomach bug or something.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Why must some medicines be taken on an empty stomach?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Ancient Greek "στόμαχος".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “stomach” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.