'Navel' definitions:
Definition of 'navel'
From: WordNet
noun
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" [syn: navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, belly button, omphalos, omphalus]
noun
The center point or middle of something; "the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe" [syn: navel, navel point]
Definition of 'Navel'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'navel'
From: Moby Thesaurus