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How to pronounce navel in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms belly button, bellybutton, omphalos, omphalus, umbilicus
Type of point


you were not supposed to show your navel on television.
they argued whether or not Adam had a navel.
Type Words
Synonyms navel point
Type of center, centre, midpoint


the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe.

Examples of navel

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For instance, an abdominal lift might be covered below the navel, but not above.
From the forbes.com
Draw in the navel, keeping the lower back strong and maintain its natural curve.
From the theepochtimes.com
As the dawn began to break, from Vishnu's navel grew a magnificent lotus flower.
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Use abdominals to pull navel to your spine as you hug shins and thighs together.
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Since I hadn't harbored any contraband in my navel, there was no cause for alarm.
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Her skintight ballistic-armor motorcycle jacket was unzipped down to her navel.
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Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
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Sometimes the navel is covered with the pallu in a low-rise non-transparent sari.
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It's a practical addition to a field crowded with plenty of navel-gazing angst.
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More examples
  • 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"
  • The center point or middle of something; "the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe"
  • The navel (clinically known as the umbilicus, also known as the belly button) is a scar on the abdomen, caused when the umbilical cord is removed from a newborn baby. All placental mammals have a navel. It is fairly conspicuous in humans.
  • Navel (u30CDu30FCu30D6u30EB, Nu0113buru?) is a Japanese label of Omega Vision Inc. a publisher of bishu014Djo and eroge visual novel games. Its name is a reference to the navel orange. The company consist Aoi Nishimata and Suzuhira Hiro as the character designer. In 2006, Hiro announced her departure, making Ne~Pon x Rai~Pon became her last game in Navel...
  • The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth; The central part or point of anything; the middle
  • Speakers of Old English used the word nafela for the belly-button. This descended from the Greek omphalos for belly-button, through the Anglo-Saxon word nafe, meaning the center of a wheel where the axle was inserted, to nafela. Our word navel for the hub or center of the body comes from that. ...
  • Contemplating something; giving birth to new ideas or experiences / Maternal ties; developing independence or remaining dependent
  • N., 1) a mandala-like declivity and sacred ritual object in the lower-middle abdominal area used by Boulderians for urban planning, divination, and the occasional storage of bijoux 2) a lengthy work of fiction of a very introspective nature.
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