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subnavel

subnavel adjective: below the navel.

Adjective

subnavel (not comparable)

  1. Below the navel.
    • To produce variable intensities and fast changes of tone, such as staccatos with pianissimo and fortissimo, the role of the intercostal, abdominal and subnavel muscles is essential.2006, Jean Abitbol, Odyssey of the Voice, page 381

Noun

subnavel (plural subnavels)

  1. The area below the navel; the lower stomach.
    • Without even thinking it through, his hand went […] to bikini panties, which, had he actually seen them, would have been revealed to be decorated with a faded repetition of Roadrunners chasing Tweety Birds around and around from subnavel to ass.2005, Meg Wolitzer, The Position, Vintage, published 2012, page 45

Forms of subnavel

pluralsubnavels

Origin of subnavel

From sub- + navel.

Questions about subnavel

What does subnavel mean?
Subnavel means below the navel.
What part of speech is subnavel?
Subnavel can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near subnavel in the dictionary

  1. subnational
  2. subnationally
  3. subnationals
  4. subnations
  5. subnatural
  6. subnavel
  7. subnavels
  8. subnavigation
  9. subnecrotic
  10. subnect
  11. subnected

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