navel

Noun
Synonyms: umbilicusbellybuttonbelly buttonomphalosomphalusnavel point

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a scar where the umbilical cord was attached“you were not supposed to show your navel on television”“they argued whether or not Adam had a navel”“she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton”Synonyms: umbilicusbellybuttonbelly buttonomphalosomphalus
  2. the center point or middle of something“the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe”Synonyms: navel point
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Navel \Na"vel\ (n[=a]"v'l), n. [AS. nafela, fr. nafu nave; akin to D. navel, G. nabel, OHG. nabolo, Icel. nafli, Dan. navle, Sw. nafle, L. umbilicus, Gr. 'omfalo`s, Skr. n[=a]bh[imac]la. [root]260. See Nave hub, and cf. Omphalic, Nombril, Umbilical.]

1.(Anat.) A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus; called also belly button in humans. See Umbilicus. [1913 Webster]

2.The central part or point of anything; the middle. [1913 Webster]

Within the navel of this hideous wood, Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.(Gun.) An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage. [1913 Webster]

Navel gall, a bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle. --Johnson.

Navel point. (Her.) Same as Nombril. [1913 Webster]

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