navel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
    omphalos; omphalus; belly button; bellybutton; umbilicus.
    • 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
  2. noun the center point or middle of something
    navel point.
    • the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe

WordNet

Na"vel noun
Etymology
AS. nafela, fr. nafu nave; akin to D. navel, G. nabel, OHG. nabolo, Icel. nafli, Dan. navle, Sw. nafle, L. umbilicus, Gr. , Skr. nbhila. *260. See Nave hub, and cf. Omphalic, Nombril, Umbilical.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus. See Umbilicus. called also belly button in humans
  2. The central part or point of anything; the middle.
    Within the navel of this hideous wood, Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells. Milton.
  3. (Gun.) An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.

Webster 1913