navel

3 definitions found

navel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Navel \Na"vel\ (n[=a]"v'l), n. [AS. nafela, fr. nafu nave; akin
     to D. navel, G. nabel, OHG. nabolo, Icel. nafli, Dan. navle,
     Sw. nafle, L. umbilicus, Gr. 'omfalo`s, Skr. n[=a]bh[imac]la.
     [root]260. See Nave hub, and cf. Omphalic, Nombril,
     Umbilical.]
     1. (Anat.) A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen;
        the umbilicus; called also belly button in humans. See
        Umbilicus.
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     2. The central part or point of anything; the middle.
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              Within the navel of this hideous wood,
              Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. (Gun.) An eye on the under side of a carronade for
        securing it to a carriage.
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     Navel gall, a bruise on the top of the chine of the back of
        a horse, behind the saddle. --Johnson.
  
     Navel point. (Her.) Same as Nombril.
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navel - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  navel
      n 1: a scar where the umbilical cord was attached; "you were not
           supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued
           whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just
           above her bellybutton" [syn: navel, umbilicus,
           bellybutton, belly button, omphalos, omphalus]
      2: the center point or middle of something; "the Incas believed
         that Cuzco was the navel of the universe" [syn: navel,
         navel point]

navel - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "navel":
     axis, center, center of action, center of gravity, centroid,
     centrum, core, dead center, epicenter, heart, hub, kernel, marrow,
     medulla, metacenter, middle, nave, nub, nucleus, omphalos, pith,
     pivot, storm center, umbilicus