bow·el 
/ˈbawəl/ noun
plural bow·els /ˈbawəl/ noun 1 [count] : the long tube in the body that helps digest food and carries solid waste out of the body
▪ a disease of the bowel — often plural ▪ a disease that affects the bowels ◊To have a bowel movement or to move your bowels or (Brit) open your bowels is to pass solid waste from your body.
▪ The patient made/had a normal bowel movement. 2 the bowels literary : the deep inner parts of something
▪ They dug deep into the bowels of the earth. ▪ The engine room is down in the bowels of the ship.
▪ a disease of the bowel — often plural ▪ a disease that affects the bowels ◊To have a bowel movement or to move your bowels or (Brit) open your bowels is to pass solid waste from your body.
▪ The patient made/had a normal bowel movement.
▪ They dug deep into the bowels of the earth. ▪ The engine room is down in the bowels of the ship.
