English-Danish translations for navel

• navle
  Vi brugte hele formiddagen i dag på at beskue vores egen budgetmæssige navle. We spent the whole of this morning contemplating our own budgetary navel.
  Hr. formand, jeg har en bemærkning til forretningsordenen. Jeg vil bare gerne bruge 30 sekunder til at beskue min navle. Mr President, on a point of order: I just wanted to engage in 30 seconds of navel-gazing.
  Jeg er ganske klar over, at Rådet ikke er i stand til at se ud over sin nationale navle. I am well aware that the Council is incapable of contemplating anything beyond its national navel.

Definition of navel

• The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth
• A navel orange
• An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage

Related words

• navel-gazing
• navelwort
• navel-string
• navel piercing
• navel string
• navel rupture
• navel pipe