Paunch is an English word with synonyms like belly or fat. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Paunch meaning
- The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
- The contents of this stomach in a slaughtered animal, viewed as food or a byproduct.
- The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.
Using Paunch
- The main meaning on this page is: The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen. | The contents of this stomach in a slaughtered animal, viewed as food or a byproduct. | The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.
- Useful related words include: belly, adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue.
- In the example corpus, paunch often appears in combinations such as: his paunch.
Context around Paunch
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Paunch
- In this selection, "paunch" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, comb and put stand out and add context to how "paunch" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include faster his paunch or his and made the paunch into a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "paunch" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with paunch
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Boris fans are wondering: what is the PM shedding faster, his paunch or his barnet? (15 words)
Removing the lining of the inner stomach, women made the paunch into a water bag. (15 words)
I believe, with reference to the Prince of Whales (C8), Harry and/or Meghan may have found jobs as copywriters, thus the dig at William’s paunch. (27 words)
We keep waiting for him to shed his paunch, put on a white polyester suit, and enter the 2001 Odyssey club in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, where he will dance for us and never, never stop. (35 words)
On Saturday, Oct. 19, the suspect who is described as an older white male, medium build with a paunch, comb-over hairstyle left anti-Semitic fliers on vehicles in the Marlton Crossing parking lot. (34 words)
I believe, with reference to the Prince of Whales (C8), Harry and/or Meghan may have found jobs as copywriters, thus the dig at William’s paunch. (27 words)
Boris fans are wondering: what is the PM shedding faster, his paunch or his barnet? (15 words)
Example sentences (5)
I believe, with reference to the Prince of Whales (C8), Harry and/or Meghan may have found jobs as copywriters, thus the dig at William’s paunch.
Boris fans are wondering: what is the PM shedding faster, his paunch or his barnet?
On Saturday, Oct. 19, the suspect who is described as an older white male, medium build with a paunch, comb-over hairstyle left anti-Semitic fliers on vehicles in the Marlton Crossing parking lot.
Removing the lining of the inner stomach, women made the paunch into a water bag.
We keep waiting for him to shed his paunch, put on a white polyester suit, and enter the 2001 Odyssey club in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, where he will dance for us and never, never stop.
Common combinations with paunch
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: