navel

before 900; Middle English; Old English nafela; cognate with Dutch navel,German Nabel,Old Norse nafli; akin to Sanskrit nābhīla,Latin umbilīcus,Greek omphalós

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH navel

naval, navel

Words nearby navel

Nav. Arch., navarin, Navarino, Navarre, nave, navel, navel-gazing, navel ill, navel orange, navelwort, navette

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How to use navel in a sentence

At first, he called his invention the SNAKE, for side, navel, arm, knee and elbow — the parts of the body touching the board.
Tom Morey, inventor of wave-riding Boogie Board, dies at 86|Matt Schudel|October 17, 2021|Washington Post
Steinberg, though, will miss everything about this week, from the networking to the navel gazing.
What’s the Super Bowl without the frenzy? For Leigh Steinberg: Misery. For players: Bliss.|Ben Strauss|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
“Me neither,” Lohse says, gazing pityingly at his own navel.
An Ivy League Frat Boy’s Shallow Repentance|Stefan Beck|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Genuinely funny and intelligent and navel-gazing and strange, these parts might eventually add up to something truly big.
Lars Iyer’s ‘Wittgenstein Jr.’ Plumbs the Deep Fun of Philosophical Fiction|Drew Smith|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The singer Tom Jones growled hits like “Delilah” with shirts sweatily slashed to the navel.
Jude Law and the Great Male ‘He-Vage’ Crisis|Tim Teeman|May 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The foam, designed to be injected into the navel, is composed of two liquid precursors.
New 'Suspended Animation' Procedure Saves Lives by Replacing Blood with a Cold Electrolyte Solution|Elizabeth Lopatto|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But it's also kind of fun to make fun of the navel-gazing-ness of some of it.
Wolfgang's Revolution, at Your Gates|Katie Workman|July 28, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Like Çupay, he dwelt in the subterranean regions, and his palace was named Tlalxicco, the navel of the earth.
The Myths of the New World|Daniel G. Brinton
Suddenly a lotus sprung from his navel, and grew till it reached the surface of the flood.
Ancient Faiths And Modern|Thomas Inman
Then again, in the human body the central point is naturally the navel.
Ten Books on Architecture|Vitruvius
The plump-looking navel-wort, possibly introduced by him, may be seen peeping from crevices in the walls.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events|S. Baring-Gould
Who has not enjoyed a juicy navel orange, while wondering at its peculiar shape and lack of troublesome seeds?
Stories of California|Ella M. Sexton

British Dictionary definitions for navel

navel

/ (ˈneɪvəl) /

noun

the scar in the centre of the abdomen, usually forming a slight depression, where the umbilical cord was attachedTechnical name: umbilicus Related adjective: umbilical

a central part, location, or point; middle

short for navel orange

Word Origin for navel

Old English nafela; related to Old Frisian navla, Old High German nabulo (German Nabel), Latin umbilīcus

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Medical definitions for navel

navel

[ nā′vəl ]

The mark on the surface of the abdomen that indicates where the umbilical cord was attached to the fetus during gestation.bellybutton umbilicus

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