maw
Beast's hungry depths
A maw is a mouth, throat, or stomach—especially of a voracious animal.
The word appears most often figuratively to describe something that consumes greedily or seems ready to swallow you: the gaping maw of the cave, feeding the maw of the war machine, disappearing into the maw of the bureaucracy.
The image suggests appetite without limit.
Mouth's bony framework
- gulletThroat or food passage
- throatNeck's inner passage
- teethEnamel-covered chewing structures
- gapeStare with mouth ajar
oral · mandible · fangs · orifice · craw · gorge · gob · chops
Deep, steep-sided gap
- voidWithout legal effect
- depthsLowest or innermost regions
- gulfPartially enclosed sea
- pitFruit's hard seed
darkness · oblivion · bottomless · fathomless · yawning · gaping · engulfing · black
Extremely eager to consume
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
- gluttonousExcessively fond of eating
- engulfingSurrounding and consuming completely
swallowing · consuming · gorging · gulping · hungering · gaping · yawning · cavernous
jaws
Mouth's bony framework
gape · oral · mandible · fangs · orifice · craw · gorge · gob · chops · yawning
chasm
Deep, steep-sided gap
pit · darkness · oblivion · bottomless · fathomless · yawning · gaping · engulfing · black · hellmouth
voracious
Extremely eager to consume
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
- gluttonousExcessively fond of eating
engulfing · swallowing · consuming · gorging · gulping · hungering · gaping · yawning · cavernous · rapacious
fearsome
Causing intense alarm
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- dreadfulCausing great fear or suffering
gaping · terrifying · monstrous · hellish · demonic · beastly · predatory · looming · sinister · devouring
belly
Front midsection
entrails · innards · viscera · abdomen · paunch · intestine · bowels · crop · gizzard · rumen