Home › Words › E › embowelembowel/ɛmˈbaʊ.əl/embowel means to enclose or bury.embowel is pronounced /ɛmˈbaʊ.əl/.EtymologyFrom em- + bowel.verbTo enclose or bury.To remove the bowels; disembowel.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.embowelment 76% match — disembowelment vs embowel →embowelling 75% match — An act of disembowelment. vs embowel →emboweling 75% match — An act of disembowelment. vs embowel →embowl 71% match — To form like a bowl vs embowel →unbowel 70% match — To deprive of the entrails; to disembowel. vs embowel →disembowel 69% match — To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate. vs embowel →disbowel 68% match — To disembowel. vs embowel →enwomb 67% match — To place or cause to be contained in the womb; to make pregnant; to conceive. vs embowel →