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What is the noun for navel?

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navel
  1. (anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
  2. The central part or point of anything; the middle.
  3. (historical) An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Abdominal examination revealed a large scar from the navel downwards.”
      “Delphi was no longer the navel of the Greek world, acknowledged point of reference for the competing states.”
      “My editors over the years had always pooh-poohed my suggestion for a media section or page as boring for readers, who'd see it as navel gazing.”
nave
  1. A hub of a wheel.
  2. (obsolete) The navel.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The new grant will be used for repairs to the south nave aisle roof, north nave masonry and leaded light windows.”
      “The aisles and nave of the church are connected by arches which are held up by 18 imposing stone pillars made from well chiselled limestone.”
      “It just goes to show that for all the Falstaffian wassail, there's nothing quite like a gory shank from nave to chaps to get the punters in.”
nave
  1. (architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The new grant will be used for repairs to the south nave aisle roof, north nave masonry and leaded light windows.”
      “The aisles and nave of the church are connected by arches which are held up by 18 imposing stone pillars made from well chiselled limestone.”
      “It just goes to show that for all the Falstaffian wassail, there's nothing quite like a gory shank from nave to chaps to get the punters in.”
navels
  1. plural of navel
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The Liberals have studiously continued to ignore the idea, abetted unwittingly by Opposition parties obsessed with gazing at their own navels.”
      “Perhaps you've noticed that none of the women in the classic MGM musicals had navels and that all married couples slept in twin beds.”
      “Other plantings would include grapefruits, tangerines, clementine oranges, limes, and even a few more rare ones, like cara cara navels, tangelos, and the Jamaican Ugli fruit.”
naves
  1. plural of nave
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