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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
navel
    n 1: 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" [syn: navel, umbilicus,
         bellybutton, belly button, omphalos, omphalus]
    2: the center point or middle of something; "the Incas believed
       that Cuzco was the navel of the universe" [syn: navel,
       navel point]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Navel \Na"vel\ (n[=a]"v'l), n. [AS. nafela, fr. nafu nave; akin
   to D. navel, G. nabel, OHG. nabolo, Icel. nafli, Dan. navle,
   Sw. nafle, L. umbilicus, Gr. 'omfalo`s, Skr. n[=a]bh[imac]la.
   [root]260. See Nave hub, and cf. Omphalic, Nombril,
   Umbilical.]
   1. (Anat.) A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen;
      the umbilicus; called also belly button in humans. See
      Umbilicus.
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   2. The central part or point of anything; the middle.
      [1913 Webster]

            Within the navel of this hideous wood,
            Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells.
                                                  --Milton.
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   3. (Gun.) An eye on the under side of a carronade for
      securing it to a carriage.
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   Navel gall, a bruise on the top of the chine of the back of
      a horse, behind the saddle. --Johnson.

   Navel point. (Her.) Same as Nombril.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for navel:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
axis, center, center of action, center of gravity, centroid, centrum, core, dead center, epicenter, heart, hub, kernel, marrow, medulla, metacenter, middle, nave, nub, nucleus, omphalos, pith, pivot, storm center, umbilicus
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