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umbles

umbles noun: animal entrails, especially of a deer.

Noun (1)

umbles pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, plural, plural-only) Animal entrails, especially of a deer.
    • When Thetis deserted Peleus, he took the child to Cheiron the Centaur, who reared him on Mount Pelion, feeding him on the umbles of lions and wild boars, and the marrow of bears, to give him courage [...].1955, Robert Graves, The Greek Myths

Noun (2)

the umbles pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A set of symptoms of hypothermia: stumbling (incoordination), mumbling (difficulty speaking), fumbling (also incoordination but different this time in some way), and grumbling (worsening mood)

Forms of umbles

alternative formhumbles

Origin of umbles

Variant of numbles.

Words formed from umbles

Questions about umbles

What does umbles mean?
Umbles means animal entrails, especially of a deer.
What part of speech is umbles?
Umbles is a noun.

Words near umbles in the dictionary

  1. umbiliform
  2. Umbilo
  3. umbite
  4. umble pie
  5. umble pies
  6. umbles
  7. umbo
  8. umboes
  9. umboldilite
  10. umbonal
  11. umbonate

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