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    PIT OF THE STOMACH

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)play

    Synonyms:

    epigastric fossa; pit of the stomach

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("pit of the stomach" is a kind of...):

    fossa; pit (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression))

    Holonyms ("pit of the stomach" is a part of...):

    breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)

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