1. the mouth, throat, or stomach of an animal, especially when regarded as devouring
2. something that seems to swallow or consume things hungrily
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The lion opened its massive maw and roared.
• The shark’s maw was filled with razor-sharp teeth.
• The whale’s maw could swallow tons of krill at once.
• The cave entrance looked like a dark maw in the mountainside.
• The machine’s maw devoured tons of raw materials daily.
• Papers disappeared into the maw of the shredder.