navel
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
navel (plural navels)
- (anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
- The central part or point of anything; the middle.
- A navel orange.
- 1981, Peter K. Thor, Edward V. Jesse, Economic Effects of Terminating Federal Marketing Orders for California-Arizona Oranges
- This contributed to a rapid rise in planted acreage in northern California, especially in navels, which are more suited to growing conditions there.
- 1981, Peter K. Thor, Edward V. Jesse, Economic Effects of Terminating Federal Marketing Orders for California-Arizona Oranges
- (historical) An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
- bellybutton/belly button, nave (obsolete), umbilicus, see also Thesaurus:navel
- French: nombril
- German: Bauchnabel, Nabel
- Italian: ombelico, (unusual) onfalo
- Portuguese: umbigo
- Russian: пупо́к
- Spanish: ombligo
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