1 [C,usually pl.] one of a system of tubes below the stomach in which solid waste collects before it is passed out of the body: (medical) to empty / move / open your bowels (= to pass solid waste out of the body) * bowel cancer / cancer of the bowel
2 (the bowels of sth) [pl.] (literary) the part that is deepest inside sth:
A rumble came from the bowels of the earth (= deep underground).
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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