| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | stom·ach |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  st m  k |
| NOUN: | 1a. The enlarged, saclike portion of the alimentary canal, one of the principal organs of digestion, located in vertebrates between the esophagus and the small intestine. b. A similar digestive structure of many invertebrates. c. Any of the four compartments into which the stomach of a ruminant is divided. 2. The abdomen or belly. 3. An appetite for food. 4. A desire or inclination, especially for something difficult or unpleasant: had no stomach for quarrels. 5. Courage; spirit. 6. Obsolete Pride. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: stom·ached, stom·ach·ing, stom·achs
1. To bear; tolerate. 2. Obsolete To resent. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French stomaque, estomac, from Latin stomachus, from Greek stomakhos, gullet, from stoma, mouth.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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