OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 28869

paunch

/pɔːnt͡ʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
panza
The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
barriga • guata • panza
The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.
Since retiring from athletics, he has developed a paunch.
“And another sort of weak, flailing blow to the paunch. Neither of these two are in any condition to be fighting.”
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