womb´like´

womb «woom», noun, verb.

–n.

1. the part of the body in mammals that holds, protects, and (usually) nourishes the young till birth; uterus.

2. Figurative. a place containing or producing anything: »

to emerge from the womb of time.

3. a hollow space or cavity, or something conceived as such, such as the depth of night.

4. Obsolete. the belly.

–v.t.

to enclose in a womb: »

Figurative. She prayed in a church wombed in quiet (James T. Farrell).

╂[Old English wamb]

–womb´like´, adjective.