belly button
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- noun
- /ˈbɛli ˈbʌtən/
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- During the anatomy class, the teacher pointed out the belly button as an example of where the umbilical cord was attached.
- belly button piercing
- belly button ring
- belly button lint
OK, this is the belly and this is the belly button.
- OK, this is the belly and this is the belly button.
- So first shot goes, he hits me right in the belly button.
- The energy coordinate in the body is five fingers below the belly button and that is the core.
- So it's hitting just a couple inches above the belly button.
- So it's probably right about there, there, this is the waistline, belly Button's probably right there.
- Make sure that you take your real waist, which is higher than your belly button.
- He just went down and there was one stab wound in the lower stomach near the belly button.
- So he had an incision from his belly button up here and I had to reach in and that too had to.
- There's just a lot going on South of the belly button, you know, on a on a boy.
Examples
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It reminds me that I have a belly button.
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Your belly button sticks out too far.
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- It looks like a belly button.
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It's down, way down there, below her belly button.
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Dr. B. loves the belly button ring.
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Want to see my belly button?
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Now just stop for one second and take a look at your belly button.
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My belly button is way better than Beyonce's.
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You all wanna be looking very intently at your own belly buttons.
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Her little hands fluttered over her tummy, and she kept putting her fingers in her belly button.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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The small scar in the middle of the belly where you were joined to your mother before birth
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A small round mark in the middle of your stomach where the cord from your mother was attached
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A small round scar on the belly where the baby's cord attaches before birth
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The small scar on the belly where the umbilical cord was attached
A small round mark in the middle of the belly where the umbilical cord was attached
The belly button at the front of the body or a central point on a surface
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'navel' is directly and transparently derivable from 'belly' (abdomen) + 'button' (a small, rounded object): it denotes a button-like mark on the belly. This noun–noun compound follows a common compositional pattern and the metaphorical extension of 'button' to small round protuberances is easily inferable, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Belly button comes from the small, round scar on the belly that looks like a button on clothing. It also shows where a baby was attached before birth, so the phrase means the 'navel'.