"bellybutton" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bellybuttons [plural]
Etymology: From belly + button. Etymology templates: {{af|en|belly|button}} belly + button Head templates: {{en-noun}} bellybutton (plural bellybuttons)
  1. (informal) The navel or umbilicus. Tags: informal Synonyms: belly button
    Sense id: en-bellybutton-en-noun-ha0MzSwq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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  "etymology_text": "From belly + button.",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1909, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal:",
          "text": "Always used to have pain about navel when a boy (used to call it bellybutton ache)[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 June 20, “Five phobias you didn’t know existed”, in BBC Bitesize:",
          "text": "Some people can’t even bear the thought of picking the fluff out of their bellybuttons - these people suffer from what is known as omphalophobia.",
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        }
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        "The navel or umbilicus."
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        ],
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          "umbilicus",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(informal) The navel or umbilicus."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "belly button"
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      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
    }
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          "text": "Always used to have pain about navel when a boy (used to call it bellybutton ache)[…]",
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        {
          "ref": "2019 June 20, “Five phobias you didn’t know existed”, in BBC Bitesize:",
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        "(informal) The navel or umbilicus."
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