noun

stomach

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noun

The organ in the body where food is stored and begins to be digested.

"Her stomach growled loudly during the meeting."

The general area of the belly or abdomen.

"He was punched in the stomach during the scuffle."

verb

To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.

"I can't stomach that kind of dishonesty."

"She could barely stomach the smell of the fish market."

How to Use Stomach

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe digestive organ or belly area — or, as a verb, to tolerate something distasteful.

Common pairings

an upset stomach stomach ache can't stomach it

stomached past tense, stomachs plural, stomachs singular

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Her _____ growled loudly during the meeting.

From Greek stomakhos, "throat, gullet," ultimately from stoma, "mouth."

put up with

tolerate

put up with tolerate