Navel - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈneɪvl|  American pronunciation of the word navel
Brit.  |ˈneɪv(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word navel

noun

- a scar where the umbilical cord was attached (syn: bellybutton, omphalos, umbilicus)
you were not supposed to show your navel on television
they argued whether or not Adam had a navel
- the center point or middle of something
the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe

Extra examples

...a city that likes to regard itself as the nation's navel of art and culture...

Word forms

noun
singular: navel
plural: navels
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