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Meanings of
navel
in English
Portuguese
umbigo
Catalan
melic
Spanish
ónfalo
Back to the meaning
A scar where the umbilical cord was attached.
umbilicus
bellybutton
omphalos
omphalus
belly button
Portuguese
umbigo
Portuguese
umbigo
Back to the meaning
The center point or middle of something.
navel point
Portuguese
umbigo
Synonyms
Examples for "
umbilicus
"
umbilicus
bellybutton
omphalos
omphalus
belly button
Examples for "
umbilicus
"
1
The
umbilicus
was five inches in diameter and three inches in length.
2
This procedure facilitates the vertical dissection of the rectum from the
umbilicus
.
3
Instead, with a sigh, she unplugged the cool-napper
umbilicus
and floated free.
4
When I lifted my burger a cheese
umbilicus
clung to the plate.
5
CLASS 6.-Fusionof two fetuses below the
umbilicus
into a common lower extremity.
1
Ben could feel its point dimpling his flesh just above his
bellybutton
.
2
Until his
bellybutton
pops out, poked out stiff as a little finger.
3
The tip of the small end should rest above your
bellybutton
.
4
Blood was pouring from the shallow vertical cut above his
bellybutton
.
5
He let go when it reached just below her
bellybutton
.
1
Paris to Venice Paris is the
omphalos
of Europe's night train services.
2
Delphi was called the
omphalos
or navel of the world, marked by a shapeless holy stone.
3
The Delphic
omphalos
-
stone
was cone, womb, and beehive.
4
He would certainly-thoughSir Thomas Browne denied it-displayan
'
omphalos
'
,
yet no umbilical cord had ever attached him to a mother.
5
Time and again, in particular, I encountered two memories bright as sunlight in my mind, guarding the passage to and from that dark
omphalos
.
1
Up the street; up to the
Omphalus
,
and beyond-whoshall say how far?
2
They separated directly in the
Omphalus
.
1
Even same thing in her
belly
button
.
It's better than Space Invaders.
2
Now bring the tails to just in front of your
belly
button
.
3
She didn't want to give up on getting her
belly
button
ring.
4
The one who'd chosen a
belly
button
ring over a wedding ring.
5
Then dye your hair or get your
belly
button
pierced or something.
Usage of
navel
in English
1
Some think the great toe is first formed; others affirm the
navel
.
2
It hangs from a simple bamboo rod suspended just below the
navel
.
3
Now the aliens' needle wasn't going into my
navel
but my cervix.
4
And you are free to cloud your folds, to bare the
navel
.
5
The indentation in the mound-top represented the
navel
in the Great Belly.
6
Me: Above the
navel
,
somewhere between the
navel
and the solar plexus.
7
She traced a light forefinger across his belly just below the
navel
.
8
Nor could he avoid noticing the ring she had in her
navel
.
9
Sitting his horse, Doctor Hébert was at a level with her
navel
.
10
It shall be health to thy
navel
,
and marrow to thy bones.
11
And watching the rise and fall of ancient Atlantis in his
navel
.
12
I've no time to engage in extensive self examination and
navel
gazing.
13
A flush of warmth spread out from Elise's
navel
to her breasts.
14
Maybe she wore them so low-cut to show off her
navel
ring.
15
He wore his slacks too high, the waistband up around his
navel
.
16
Tonight the Sufi woman wore royal-blue, with a sapphire in her
navel
.
Other examples for "navel"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
navel
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
own navel
expose navel
have a navel
large navel
represent the navel
More collocations
Translations for
navel
Portuguese
umbigo
Catalan
melic
llombrígol
Spanish
ónfalo
Navel
through the time
Navel
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common