HOW TO PRONOUNCE
stomach
/ˈstʌmək/
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End with “k,” despite the spelling “ch.”
The first syllable has the vowel heard in strut and carries the stress. The second vowel is light, and the final written ch represents a k sound here.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“My stomach rumbled before lunch.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does stomach mean?
noun
- An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
- (informal) The belly.
- (figuratively) A desire, an appetite (for something abstract).
More meanings (7)
noun
- The part of a garment that covers a person's stomach.
- (obsolete) Pride, haughtiness.
- (obsolete) An appetite.
verb
- To tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to stand or handle something.
- (obsolete) To be angry.
- (obsolete) To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
- (obsolete) To turn the stomach of; to sicken or repel.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈstʌmək/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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When Freckles saw what it was he forgave himself the kick in the pit of Wessner's stomach, and cursed fervently and deep.
Like Actinia, it has a membranous covering, a simple sac-like stomach, a central mouth, a disk surrounded by contractile and adhesive tentacles.
More book examples (3)
I could show you some scenes, but others are too coarse even for my stomach hardened by a course of French novels.
I spoke from the pit of my stomach for the rest of the journey, but I felt completely extinguished, and dreadfully young.
Field describes a boy with bilious remittent fever who would drink until his stomach was completely distended and then call for more.