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navel

[ ney-vuhl ]

noun

  1. the central point or middle of any thing or place.
  2. Heraldry. nombril.


navel

/ ˈԱɪə /

noun

  1. the scar in the centre of the abdomen, usually forming a slight depression, where the umbilical cord was attached Technical nameumbilicus umbilical
  2. a central part, location, or point; middle
  3. short for navel orange
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of navel1

before 900; Middle English; Old English nafela; cognate with Dutch navel, German Nabel, Old Norse nafli; akin to Sanskrit ī, Latin ܳīܲ, Greek dz󲹱ó
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of navel1

Old English nafela; related to Old Frisian navla, Old High German nabulo (German Nabel ), Latin ܳīܲ
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Playing to the audience, Stewart preened and posed his way through the hits, with an array of costume changes that ended with a white ruffled shirt, unbuttoned almost to the navel.

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Lose, though, and it's navel gazing time again.

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He approached a navel orange tree with some scorched branches.

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A thick line marks a healed cut from just under the man’s neck all the way down to his navel.

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“Navel orangeworm could be a nightmare … but it could also become less of a problem because all the things that eat it benefit more from the heat than the navel orangeworm,” said Haviland.

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