# bellybutton

Pronunciation: say "BEL-ee-but-uhn" /ˈbɛliˌbʌtn̩/

## Noun

1. The small hollow or knot in the middle of the abdomen, marking where the umbilical cord was attached before birth. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: The small dent in the middle of your stomach, left from where you were joined to your mother before birth.
   - _She noticed some lint had collected in her bellybutton after a long day._
   - _The toddler kept poking at his bellybutton, fascinated by the little dent._

## Origin

A compound of "belly" and "button".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bellybutton (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).