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belly button

belly button noun: the navel.

belly button: the navel
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Noun

belly button (plural belly buttons)

  1. (informal) The navel.
    Synonyms:
    tummy button

belly button meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

belly button in Tamil

தொப்புள்

belly button in Bengali

নাভি

belly button in Malayalam

belly button
നാഭി nābhi

Synonyms of belly button

Forms of belly button

pluralbelly buttons
alternative formbelly-button

Origin of belly button

From belly + button.

Words formed from belly button

Questions about belly button

What does belly button mean?
Belly button means the navel.
What is belly button in Tamil?
Belly button in Tamil is தொப்புள். See Belly button meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is belly button?
Belly button is a noun.
What is the plural of belly button?
The plural of belly button is belly buttons.

Words near belly button in the dictionary

  1. belly boat
  2. belly boats
  3. belly breathing
  4. belly buster
  5. belly busters
  6. belly button
  7. belly button ring
  8. belly button rings
  9. belly buttons
  10. belly chain
  11. belly chains

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: belly button (page history and authors); belly button (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); belly button (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); നാഭി (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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