bellybutton

[bel-ee-buht-n]

bel·ly·but·ton

[bel-ee-buht-n]
noun Informal.
the navel.
Also, belly button.


Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; belly + button
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Bellybutton is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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bellybutton (ˈbɛlɪˌbʌtən)
 
n
an informal name for the navel

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bellybutton bel·ly·but·ton (běl'ē-bŭt'n)
n.
See navel.

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