navel meaning and definition

NAVEL noun

Definition of navel (noun)

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"
   • synonyms: belly button, bellybutton, omphalos, omphalus, umbilicus
2. the center point or middle of something
   • "the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe"
   • synonyms: navel point