subnavel

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adjective

Below the navel.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivesubnavel (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBelow the navel.

    To produce variable intensities and fast changes of tone, such as staccatos with pianissimo and fortissimo, the role of the intercostal, abdominal and subnavel muscles is essential.

    2006, Jean Abitbol, Odyssey of the Voice, page 381
nounsubnavel (plural subnavels)

plural subnavels

  1. The area below the navel; the lower stomach.

    Without even thinking it through, his hand went […] to bikini panties, which, had he actually seen them, would have been revealed to be decorated with a faded repetition of Roadrunners chasing Tweety Birds around and around from subnavel to ass.

    2005, Meg Wolitzer, The Position, Vintage, published 2012, page 45

Origin

From sub- + navel.

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APA

subnavel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subnavel

MLA

“subnavel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subnavel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subnavel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subnavel.

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