belly  

Thesaurus for belly

• noun
  • synonyms
    • abdomen, venter, stomach, paunch, adipose tissue, body part, bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, fat, fatty tissue, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, inside, interior, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, underpart  
• verb
  • synonyms
    • belly out, intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce  

Pronunciation of belly: B EH1 L IY0 ('bɛli)

Number of syllables of belly: 2

Definition of belly

• (n): the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish  
• (n): a protruding abdomen  
• (n): the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis  
• (n): the hollow inside of something; "in the belly of the ship"  
• (n): a part that bulges deeply; "the belly of a sail"  
• (v): swell out or bulge out  

Examples of belly

• The belly is smooth and mottled black and white.  
• Jonah survived in the belly of the whale.  
• The belly is granular and white or pale yellow.  
• The belly is cream and the iris is golden.  
• His belly was ballooning from the internal bleeding.  
• People stared at his protuberant belly.  
• The abdomen is aslo called as the belly.  
• The back is flat and the belly is curved.  
• The back is green and the belly is rufous.  
• The belly is white and finely granular.