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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