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NAVEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A scar where the umbilical cord was attached
Example:
she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton
Synonyms:
belly button; bellybutton; navel; omphalos; omphalus; umbilicus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("navel" is a kind of...):
point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)
Holonyms ("navel" is a part of...):
abdomen; belly; stomach; venter (the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The center point or middle of something
Example:
the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe
Synonyms:
navel; navel point
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("navel" is a kind of...):
center; centre; midpoint (a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure)
