navel
noun /ˈneɪvl/
/ˈneɪvl/
(also informal belly button)
(British English, informal tummy button)
- the small round part in the middle of the stomach, on the front of somebody's body, where the umbilical cord was cut at birthTopics Bodyc2
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Oxford Collocations DictionaryNavel is used before these nouns:- orange
- ring
Word OriginOld English nafela, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch navel and German Nabel, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin umbo ‘boss of a shield’, umbilicus ‘navel’, and Greek omphalos ‘boss, navel’.