belly button

noun

: the human navel

Examples of belly button in a Sentence

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Focus on lifting your belly button and squeezing your thighs. Health Editorial Team, Health, 28 Aug. 2025 However, sometimes those skin symptoms can be subtle, with plaques occurring behind the ears, on the scalp, or even in the belly button — or causing changes to the fingernails, which don’t look like plaques at all. Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 20 Aug. 2025 The mid-rise fit also hits slightly below the belly button for a more elongated look. Rylee Johnston, People.com, 17 Aug. 2025 Wrapped in one of Ricari Studios’ signature sheer mesh body stockings, the practitioner worked her lymphatic-massage tool across my abdomen to the somewhat-new pooch right below my belly button. Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for belly button

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1877, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of belly button was circa 1877

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“Belly button.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belly%20button. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

belly button

noun
: the human navel

Medical Definition

belly button

noun
belly but·​ton -ˌbət-ᵊn How to pronounce belly button (audio)
: the human navel

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