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    NAVEL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A scar where the umbilical cord was attachedplay

    Example:

    she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton

    Synonyms:

    belly button; bellybutton; navel; omphalos; omphalus; umbilicus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    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 somethingplay

    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)

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