bellybutton
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- noun
- /ˈbɛliˌbʌtən/
:
ombligo
- She had a small piercing in her bellybutton that sparkled in the sunlight.
- bellybutton ring
- pierced bellybutton
Examples
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She placed her math book over her bellybutton.
Fiction book (1997) -
"At his bellybutton, I think," Jesse replied.
Fiction book (1994) -
Let me see your bellybutton.
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So she pulled up her shirt, pointed to her bellybutton... ...and asked me to autograph that.
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This was actually my grandma's, this little bellybutton ring.
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It'll take a month To get all the sand Out of my bellybutton.
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And in fact she's got an opal in her bellybutton.
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His shirt poked up an inch, his pierced bellybutton showing.
Fiction book (2002) -
- That's her bellybutton.
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I've bowed so much, I've got a callus on my bellybutton.
Synonyms
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A small round mark on the stomach where the baby was attached before birth
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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 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
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bellybutton comes from the simple picture of belly and button. It refers to the small round 'button' on your belly where the umbilical cord was attached, so you can remember it as the little 'button' in the middle of your stomach.