as in belly
an enlarged or bulging abdomen
he began exercising to get rid of his growing potbelly and to improve his health
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The bathroom was an outhouse, and the family relied on a potbelly stove for heat.
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Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
Medieval men did like a potbelly on their women, though.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2023
The black potbelly pig was also seen off Airport and University Boulevard, the station reported.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 29 Sep. 2022
Ethel Rae Stewart Smith, who taught two dozen black children in that schoolhouse, had run out of coal for the potbelly stove.
—Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2020
Every room in the original house had a potbelly stove, so every room has a chimney.
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2019
Bale also lost weight — and won an Academy Award — for his role as a heroin addict in 2010’s The Fighter, before adding a potbelly for 2013’s American Hustle.
—Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 8 Nov. 2019
That can also mean taking in and caring for a potbelly pig or small farm animal.
—Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 18 Oct. 2019
Related Stories Not all of the potbellies are magnetized.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 6 Aug. 2019
Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
Medieval men did like a potbelly on their women, though.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2023
The black potbelly pig was also seen off Airport and University Boulevard, the station reported.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 29 Sep. 2022
Ethel Rae Stewart Smith, who taught two dozen black children in that schoolhouse, had run out of coal for the potbelly stove.
—Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2020
Every room in the original house had a potbelly stove, so every room has a chimney.
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2019
Bale also lost weight — and won an Academy Award — for his role as a heroin addict in 2010’s The Fighter, before adding a potbelly for 2013’s American Hustle.
—Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 8 Nov. 2019
That can also mean taking in and caring for a potbelly pig or small farm animal.
—Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 18 Oct. 2019
Related Stories Not all of the potbellies are magnetized.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 6 Aug. 2019
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