(~s)
If you describe something as a ~, you mean that it is like a big open mouth which swallows everything near it. (LITERARY)
...helping to chop wood to feed the red ~ of the stove.
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu with supp
MAW
Meaning of MAW in English
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012