1. [informal] The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
   "he stuffed his maw with candy";
   - mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, trap [informal], cakehole [Brit, informal], hole [informal], yap [N. Amer, informal], gob [Brit, informal], kisser [informal]
    
2. The mouth or throat of a voracious animal; (figuratively) any gaping or cavernous opening
   "The shark's gaping maw terrified the divers"

Sounds like: moor, maw, Moor, Moore

Derived forms: maws

Type of: rima

Part of: mouth

Encyclopedia: Maw, William