nave

Pronunciation: /neɪv/

The English word “nave” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
The ground-level middle cavity of a barn.
A hub of a wheel.
The navel.

Ultimately from Latin nāvem, singular accusative of nāvis, possibly via a Romance source. Doublet of nef and nau.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “nave” there

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.