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ballow.

Round; pot-bellied.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈbæ.ləʊ/
  1. Round; pot-bellied.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English balowe, balwe, balgh, from Old English bælg, bæliġ (“bag, purse, leathern bottle, pair of bellows, pod, husk”), from Proto-Germanic *balgiz (“bag”). Doublet of belly, bellows, and bulge.

noun/ˈbæ.ləʊ/
  1. Deep water inside a shoal or bar.

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