as in belly
an enlarged or bulging abdomen
he began exercising to get rid of his growing potbelly and to improve his health
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Recent Examples of potbelly
The train car features a sitting area, kitchenette, gas potbelly stove, bathroom and king-sized bed.
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Celia Fernandez,mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2025
For example, a mid-century handmade potbelly stove ornament doesn’t hang all that far on my tree from an arguably humiliating fifth grade craft project and Snapfish.com creation immortalizing the Germantown neighborhood's now shuttered Come Back Inn.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
The train car features a sitting area, kitchenette, gas potbelly stove, bathroom and king-sized bed in the bedroom.
—Celia Fernandez,mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
The bathroom was an outhouse, and the family relied on a potbelly stove for heat.
—Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
Medieval men did like a potbelly on their women, though.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2023
The black potbelly pig was also seen off Airport and University Boulevard, the station reported.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 29 Sep. 2022
Ethel Rae Stewart Smith, who taught two dozen black children in that schoolhouse, had run out of coal for the potbelly stove.
—Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2020
Every room in the original house had a potbelly stove, so every room has a chimney.
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2019
Celia Fernandez,mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2025
For example, a mid-century handmade potbelly stove ornament doesn’t hang all that far on my tree from an arguably humiliating fifth grade craft project and Snapfish.com creation immortalizing the Germantown neighborhood's now shuttered Come Back Inn.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
The train car features a sitting area, kitchenette, gas potbelly stove, bathroom and king-sized bed in the bedroom.
—Celia Fernandez,mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
The bathroom was an outhouse, and the family relied on a potbelly stove for heat.
—Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
Medieval men did like a potbelly on their women, though.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2023
The black potbelly pig was also seen off Airport and University Boulevard, the station reported.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 29 Sep. 2022
Ethel Rae Stewart Smith, who taught two dozen black children in that schoolhouse, had run out of coal for the potbelly stove.
—Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2020
Every room in the original house had a potbelly stove, so every room has a chimney.
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potbelly
Noun
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This inflates your belly with gas, giving them a better view inside.—
Joy Emeh,
Health,
15 Feb. 2025
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These geckos have slender bodies, large eyes, and distinct coloring, with males displaying a bright yellow belly.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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She was fitted with a stoma in her stomach, which provides an external way for waste to leave the body, where it’s collected in an ostomy bag.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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The rescuers put tow straps under her stomach and front legs, officers said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacramento Bee,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The display ends and Prabowo strolls the ranks of recruits, asking their home province, their university major, and razzing a couple of the stoutest about their paunch.—
Charlie Campbell / Jakarta,
TIME,
14 Oct. 2024
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About 200 yards below us is a stag, carrying the paunch and heavy antlers of an old highland warrior.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes,
23 Sep. 2024
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“Potbelly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potbelly. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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