navel

  • 11navel — naval, navel Naval is the adjective relating to navy, and navel is the rounded knotty depression in the centre of the belly (also in navel orange etc.). The two words are unrelated …

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  • 12navel — ► adjetivo/ sustantivo femenino AGRICULTURA Se aplica a una variedad de naranja muy jugosa y dulce. * * * nável adj. V. «naranja nável». * * * ► femenino AGRICULTURA Variedad de naranja, umbilicada y sin semillas …

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  • 13Navel — Na|vel [ neɪvl̩ ], die; , s, Na|vel|oran|ge, die [engl. navel orange, eigtl. = Nabelorange]: kernlose Orange mit nabelförmiger Nebenfrucht. * * * Na|vel [ neɪvəl], die; , s u. Na|vel|oran|ge, die [engl. navel orange, eigtl. = Nabelorange]:… …

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  • 14navel — UK [ˈneɪv(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms navel : singular navel plural navels a small round place in the middle of someone s stomach where they were separated from their mother at birth. A more informal word is belly button …

    English dictionary

  • 15navel — {{#}}{{LM N44816}}{{〓}} {{[}}navel{{]}} {{■}}(ing.){{□}} {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} Variedad de naranja que se caracteriza por la formación de un fruto secundario interior. {{★}}{{\}}PRONUNCIACIÓN:{{/}} [nábel]. {{★}}{{\}}ORTOGRAFÍA:{{/}} Por ser un… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 16navel — apelsininis citrinmedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Rūtinių šeimos medingas, maistinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Citrus sinensis), auginamas atogrąžose ir paatogrąžiuose; jo vaisiai valgomi, iš jų gaminami gėrimai, kvapiosios… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 17navel — n. 1 a depression in the centre of the belly caused by the detachment of the umbilical cord. 2 a central point. Phrases and idioms: navel orange a large seedless orange with a navel like formation at the top. Etymology: OE nafela f. Gmc, rel. to… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 18navel — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nafela; akin to Old High German nabalo navel, Latin umbilicus, Greek omphalos Date: before 12th century 1. a depression in the middle of the abdomen that marks the point of former attachment of the …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 19navel — /nay veuhl/, n. 1. umbilicus (def. 1). 2. the central point or middle of any thing or place. 3. Heraldry. nombril. [bef. 900; ME; OE nafela; c. D navel, G Nabel, ON nafli; akin to Skt nabhila, L umbilicus, Gk omphalós] * * * ▪ anatomy also called …

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  • 20navel — See naval, navel …

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