1
: uterus
2
a
: a cavity or space that resembles a womb in containing and enveloping
b
: a place where something is generated
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There’s enough overlapping material in the two documentaries that ideally one would have been absorbed in Gibney’s creative womb and a tight, two-hour feature would have emerged.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
The womb and the miracle of childbirth are serious business.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 11 Apr. 2025
Caves were considered part of the underworld and the Earth’s womb, archaeologists said, meaning these artifacts may be connected to ideas of creation and fertility.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
This is me hypothesizing, but it is proven that babies in the womb absorb feelings, emotions, trauma from the mother.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
The womb and the miracle of childbirth are serious business.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 11 Apr. 2025
Caves were considered part of the underworld and the Earth’s womb, archaeologists said, meaning these artifacts may be connected to ideas of creation and fertility.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
This is me hypothesizing, but it is proven that babies in the womb absorb feelings, emotions, trauma from the mother.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for womb
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“Womb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/womb. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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