Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The mark on the surface of the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached during gestation.
- noun A central point; a middle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, a mark or scar in the middle of the belly where the umbilical cord was attached in the fetus; the umbilieus; the omphalos.
- noun The central point or part of anything; the middle.
- noun The nave of a wheel.
- noun In ordnance, same as
narel bolt .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus; called also
belly button in humans. Seeumbilicus . - noun The central part or point of anything; the middle.
- noun (Gun.) An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
- noun a bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle.
- noun (Her.) Same as
Nombril .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The
indentation orbump remaining in theabdomen ofmammals where theumbilical cord wasattached beforebirth . - noun The central part or point of anything; the middle.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
- noun the center point or middle of something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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A thin, bright red streak that stretches from my sternum to a couple inches above my navel is a reminder of this.
Archive 2010-01-17 Tyler 2010
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A thin, bright red streak that stretches from my sternum to a couple inches above my navel is a reminder of this.
Things I learned while on vacation in Cancun Tyler 2010
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Back at Revolver, a 20-something wearing a collared shirt unbuttoned to his navel is approached and asked what he thinks of Ben Quayle.
Ben Quayle's run for Congress, interrupted by Internet columnist Nik Richie Monica Hesse 2010
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As one pulp writer said, exposing a navel is sexy.
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As one pulp writer said, exposing a navel is sexy.
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As one pulp writer said, exposing a navel is sexy.
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As one pulp writer said, exposing a navel is sexy.
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As one pulp writer said, exposing a navel is sexy.
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Lucas has not only flopped before, he's delivered some big whoppin 'navel-poppin' skin-burnin 'high-board pool-emptying bellyflops before, but sooner or later, he always manages to bob back to what's left of the surface.
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With NASA mired in navel-gazing and bureaucracy, it makes sense to support private development of outer space.
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