Alternative forms

• belly button

Etymology

From belly +‎ buttonCategory:English compound terms#BELLYBUTTON.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bellybutton (plural bellybuttons)Category:English lemmas#BELLYBUTTONCategory:English nouns#BELLYBUTTONCategory:English countable nouns#BELLYBUTTONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BELLYBUTTONCategory:Pages with entries#BELLYBUTTONCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BELLYBUTTON

1. (informalCategory:English informal terms#BELLYBUTTON) The navel or umbilicus.
   • 1909, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal‎:

     Always used to have pain about navel when a boy (used to call it bellybutton ache) […]

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   • 2019 June, “Five phobias you didn’t know existed”, in BBC Bitesize‎:

     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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