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- Dictionarymaw/mɔː/
noun
- 1. the jaws or throat of a voracious animal: "a gigantic wolfhound with a fearful, gaping maw"
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MAW definition: 1. the mouth of a fierce (= frightening) animal: 2. something that seems to surround and absorb…. Learn more.
1. : the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing: a. : stomach. b. : crop. 2. a. : the throat, gullet, or jaws especially of a voracious animal. the gaping maw of the tiger. b. : something suggestive of a gaping maw. the dark maw of the cave. Examples of maw in a Sentence. the gaping maw of the tiger.
noun. the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal. the crop or craw of a fowl. the stomach, especially that of an animal. a cavernous opening that resembles the open jaws of an animal: the gaping maw of hell.
MAW meaning: 1. the mouth of a fierce (= frightening) animal: 2. something that seems to surround and absorb…. Learn more.
A maw, you see, is an informal term for a mouth. There's something ravenous as well as ferocious about the term maw, and in fact it comes from the Old English word maga meaning "stomach."
1. the mouth, throat, or stomach, esp. of a voracious carnivore. 2. the crop or craw of a fowl. 3. something that suggests a maw. [before 900; Middle English mawe, Old English maga, c. Old High German mago, Old Norse magi]
noun. 1. a. Archaic. the stomach or its cavity. b. the stomach of an animal; specif., the fourth stomach of a cud-chewing animal. 2. the throat, gullet, jaws, or oral cavity of a voracious animal. 3. anything thought of as consuming, devouring, etc. without end.
Maw definition: The mouth, stomach, jaws, or gullet of a voracious animal, especially a carnivore.
Definition of maw noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
maw meaning, definition, what is maw: something which seems to swallow or use ...: Learn more.
