womblike

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adjective

Resembling a womb or uterus in shape or function

“He drew a womblike shape in the sand.”

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English womb →
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Meanings

adjectivewomblike (comparative more womblike, superlative most womblike)

comparative more womblike · superlative most womblike

  1. Resembling a womb or uterus in shape or function

    He drew a womblike shape in the sand.

  2. Resembling an infant's experience of the womb

    Their infants were attracted to the womblike sound and warmth of the maternal heart.

    1982, Charles W. Needham, The Principles of Cerebral Dominance, →ISBN, page 96

Origin

  1. Englishwomb
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishwomblike

From womb + -like.

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APA

womblike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womblike

MLA

“womblike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womblike. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “womblike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womblike.

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