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 Definitions of navel  [ˈneɪ vəl]  

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Definition of 'navel' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) navel
the depression in the surface of the abdomen where the umbilical cord was connected with the fetus; umbilicus.

2.  navel
the central point of any thing or place.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; OE nafela, c. OHG

Definition of 'navel' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, belly button, omphalos, omphalus
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"

2. (noun) navel, navel point
the center point or middle of something
"the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe"


Definition of 'navel' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) navel
a mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus. See Umbilicus

2. (noun) navel
the central part or point of anything; the middle

3. (noun) navel
an eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage


Translation of 'navel' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the small hollow in the front of the abdomen, just below the middle of the waist.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: nawel, nael Arabic flag Arabic: سُرَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: пъп
Brazilian flag Brazilian: umbigo Czech flag Czech: pupík German flag German: der Nabel
Danish flag Danish: navle Greek flag Greek: αφαλός Spanish flag Spanish: ombligo
Estonian flag Estonian: naba Farsi flag Farsi: میان Finnish flag Finnish: napa
French flag French: nombril Hebrew flag Hebrew: טַבּוּר Hindi flag Hindi: नाभि
Croatian flag Croatian: pupak Hungarian flag Hungarian: köldök Indonesian flag Indonesian: pusar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: nafli Italian flag Italian: ombelico Japanese flag Japanese: へそ
Korean flag Korean: 배꼽 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: bamba Latvian flag Latvian: naba
Malay flag Malay: pusat Dutch flag Dutch: navel Norwegian flag Norwegian: navle
Polish flag Polish: pępek Persian flag Persian: میان Pashto flag Pashto: ملا،كمر
Portuguese flag Portuguese: umbigo Romanian flag Romanian: buric Russian flag Russian: пупок
Slovak flag Slovak: pupok Slovenian flag Slovenian: popek Serbian flag Serbian: pupak
Swedish flag Swedish: navel Thai flag Thai: สะดือ Turkish flag Turkish: göbek (çukuru)
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 肚臍 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пупок, пуп Urdu flag Urdu: ناف
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: rốn Chinese flag Chinese: 肚脐

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'navel' - Nearby Entries  

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