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| Main Entry: |
navel
 [ney-vuhl] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of the navel |
| Synonyms: | omphalic, umbilical, umbilicate, umbilicated |
| Notes: | naval means connected with or belonging to or used in a navy, ship, or shipping, while a navel is the mark on the surface of the abdomen that indicates where the umbilical cord was attached |
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| Main Entry: | midpoint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center |
| Synonyms: | axis, bull's-eye, centrality, centriole, centrum, core, cynosure, equidistance, essence, focal point, focus, gist, heart, hotbed, hub, inside, interior, intermediacy, kernel, mainstream*, marrow, median, middle, middle of the road, midst, nave, navel, nucleus, omphalos, pith, pivot, place, polestar, quick*, radial point, root, seat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
average, straight, abstemious, adiaphorous, axial, azygous, central, centrical, centripetal, commonplace, concentric, entad, equatorial, equidistant, focal, fulcrate, geocentric, homocentric, intermediate, mean, medial, mediate, mediterranean, mesial, mesne, mesothetic, mid, middle, middle-class, middlemost, middling, midmost, neutral, paracentral, phallocentric, tapsell, umbilical, vorticiform, vortiginous
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Example Sentences
- During another widely publicized performance, she carved a star around her navel in what she describes as an anti-Communist act.
- We are navel gazing but with better electron microscopes.
- The procedure requires making small incisions at the navel and above the pubic bone.
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