Synonyms for navel
ˈneɪ vəlnavel

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1. navelnoun

   Synonyms:
   belly button, umbilicus

2. navelnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   belly button, umbilicus

3. navelnoun

   The central part or point of anything; the middle.

   Within the navel of this hideous wood, / Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells. Milton.

   Synonyms:
   umbilicus, belly button

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1. navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, belly button, omphalos, omphalusnoun

   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:
   bellybutton, belly button, navel point, omphalus, omphalos, umbilicus

2. navel, navel pointnoun

   the center point or middle of something

   "the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe"

   Synonyms:
   bellybutton, belly button, navel point, omphalus, omphalos, umbilicus

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1. navelnoun

   Synonyms:
   umbilicus, omphalos

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1. Fred Allen:

   You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart.

2. Taimi Leavelle for 73 years:

   I didn't have time to do anything, i did try to pull him( Oswald) behind me. I had him by the belt as well. I turned to him and instead of pulling him behind me, I turned his body. Instead of that bullet hitting him dead center, it hit about 4 inches to the left of the navel.