Maw

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1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Quotations

English

Pronunciation

• /mɔː/, /mO:/

Noun

maw

1. The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body) or part thereof (esp. the mouth and jaws ) of a ravenous creature.
2. Figuratively, a great, insatiable and/or perilous opening.

Quotations

• 1667: So Death shall be deceav'd his glut, and with us two / Be forc'd to satisfie his Rav'nous Maw. — Milton, Paradise Lost, Book X.
• 1818: To save poor lambkins from the eagle's maw — Keats, Endymion