1a. The enlarged, saclike portion of the alimentary canal, one of the principal organs of digestion, located in vertebrates between the esophagus and the small intestine. b. A similar digestive structure of many invertebrates. c. Any of the four compartments into which the stomach of a ruminant is divided. 2. The abdomen or belly. 3. An appetite for food. 4. A desire or inclination, especially for something difficult or unpleasant: had no stomach for quarrels.5. Courage; spirit. 6.Obsolete Pride.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: stom·ached, stom·ach·ing, stom·achs 1. To bear; tolerate. 2.Obsolete To resent.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French stomaque, estomac, from Latin stomachus, from Greek stomakhos, gullet, from stoma, mouth.
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