maw

IPA: mˈɔ

noun

  • (archaic) The stomach, especially of an animal.
  • The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature.
  • (slang, derogatory) The mouth.
  • Any large, insatiable or perilous opening.
  • Appetite; inclination.
  • The swim bladder of a fish, especially when used as food in Chinese cuisine.
  • (dialect, colloquial) Mother.
  • A gull.
  • A surname.
  • (informal, derogatory) Initialism of model, actress, whatever: a young woman without much talent who attains celebrity through physical attractiveness. [A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.]
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Examples of "maw" in Sentences

  • Hog maw is the stomach of a pig.
  • Maw is not a translation for maul.
  • No prayers dare enter this frightful maw.
  • In once lovely homes in the earth's ghastly maw.
  • If a maw is severed, the whole body moves faster.
  • And every bird the serpent buried in his greedy maw.
  • Ba Maw spent over a year in jail as a political prisoner.
  • The use of fish offal in Cantonese cuisine is not limited to the maw.
  • The use of fish offals in Cantonese cuisine is not limited to the maw.
  • In the movie, the men are all killed when they fall into Charybdis' maw.

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