navel

Meanings

Plural: navels

Noun

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"
the center point or middle of something
- "the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe"
The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
The central part or point of anything; the middle.
A navel orange.
An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.

Verb

To be in the middle of a landscape.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English navel, navele, from Old English nafola, from Proto-West Germanic *nabulō, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô (compare West Frisian nâle, Dutch navel, German Nabel), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl (compare Old Irish imbliu, Latin umbilīcus, Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós), Persian ناف (nâf), Kurdish navik, Sanskrit नाभि (nābhi)), diminutive of *h₃nobʰ-, equivalent to nave + -el (diminutive suffix)). Doublet of omphalos. More at nave.

Synonyms

belly button, bellybutton, nave, navel, navel point, omphalos, omphalus, umbilicus

Scrabble Score: 8

navel is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
navel is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
navel is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

navel is a valid Words With Friends word