noun
a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
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you were not supposed to show your navel on television
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they argued whether or not Adam had a navel
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she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton
• Syn: ↑navel, ↑umbilicus, ↑belly button, ↑omphalos, ↑omphalus
• Hypernyms: ↑point
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/bel"ee but'n/, n. Informal.
the navel.
Also, belly button.
[1875-80, Amer.; BELLY + BUTTON]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.