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navel-strings

navel-strings is the plural of navel-string.

Meaning of navel-string

Noun

navel-string (plural navel-strings)

  1. (now rare or puristic) The umbilical cord.
    • One love potion was composed of the powdered navel string of a new-born baby boy.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 82

Questions about navel-strings

What is navel-strings the plural of?
Navel-strings is the plural of navel-string.

Words near navel-strings in the dictionary

  1. navel-gazes
  2. navel-gazey
  3. navel-gazing
  4. navel-gazings
  5. navel-string
  6. navel-strings
  7. navel-watching
  8. navelbine
  9. naveled
  10. naveless
  11. navelike

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