noun
1. a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance
• Derivationally related forms: ↑vent
• Hypernyms: ↑speaker, ↑talker, ↑utterer, ↑verbalizer, ↑verbaliser
2. the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
• Hypernyms: ↑body part
• Hyponyms: ↑underbelly, ↑underbody
• Part Meronyms:
↑abdominal aorta, ↑colic artery, ↑arteria colica, ↑hypochondrium, ↑intestine, ↑bowel, ↑gut, ↑navel, ↑umbilicus, ↑bellybutton, ↑belly button, ↑omphalos, ↑omphalus, ↑abdominal, ↑abdominal muscle, ↑ab, ↑abdominal cavity, ↑abdomen, ↑abdominal wall
3. the womb
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`in venter' is legal terminology for `conceived but not yet born'
• Derivationally related forms: ↑ventral
• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
4. a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑ventral
• Hypernyms: ↑body part
Useful english dictionary. 2012.