PIT OF THE STOMACH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pit of the stomach mean? 

• PIT OF THE STOMACH (noun)
  The noun PIT OF THE STOMACH has 1 sense:

1. a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)

  Familiarity information: PIT OF THE STOMACH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIT OF THE STOMACH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

epigastric fossa; pit of the stomach

Hypernyms ("pit of the stomach" is a kind of...):

fossa; pit (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression))

Holonyms ("pit of the stomach" is a part of...):

breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)

 Context examples 

And upon me was that old sickness at the pit of the stomach, caused always by the spectacle of physical violence.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The oncoming Harrison caught the kick squarely in the pit of the stomach, groaned involuntarily, and doubled up and sank backward to the deck.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)