BELLY BUTTON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does belly button mean? 

• BELLY BUTTON (noun)
  The noun BELLY BUTTON has 1 sense:

1. a scar where the umbilical cord was attached

  Familiarity information: BELLY BUTTON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BELLY BUTTON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A scar where the umbilical cord was attached

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

belly button; bellybutton; navel; omphalos; omphalus; umbilicus

Context example:

she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton

Hypernyms ("belly button" is a kind of...):

point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)

Holonyms ("belly button" is a part of...):

abdomen; belly; stomach; venter (the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis)

 Context examples 

There are several types of hernias, including: • Inguinal, in the groin. This is the the most common type. • Umbilical, around the belly button • Incisional, through a scar • Hiatal, a small opening in the diaphragm that allows the upper part of the stomach to move up into the chest. • Congenital diaphragmatic, a birth defect that needs surgery

(Hernia, NIH)