Navel

Quick meaning: Navel is a noun meaning (anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.

Meaning

(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.

More Meanings

1. The central part or point of anything; the middle.
2. A navel orange.
3. (literary and poetic) To be in the middle of a landscape.
4. (historical) An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.

Example Sentences

Sweeter than the muſk of Tatar, the morning breeze from the navel of every flower raviſhed perfume.

We sat alfresco on the edge of a “square,” in reality a pond of cobbly mud with a plinth plonked in its navel […]

Within the navel of this hideous wood, Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells, Of Bacchus and Circe born, great Comus

This contributed to a rapid rise in planted acreage in northern California, especially in navels, which are more suited to growing conditions there.

Word Forms

• navels
• navil
• naveling
• navelling
• naveled
• navelled

Synonyms for navel

Depending on context, synonyms include bellybutton, nave, umbilicus, omphalos, omphalus.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include umbilicus, bellybutton, omphalus, omphalos, belly, gazing.

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