Usually means: Central part of a church.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. nave: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nave: Merriam-Webster
  3. nave, nave: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nave, nave: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nave: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nave: Vocabulary.com
  7. NAVE, Nave, Nave, na�ve, na've, nave, nave, nave: Wordnik
  8. nave: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Nave, nave: Wiktionary
  10. nave: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. nave: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. nave: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Nave, nave: Dictionary.com
  14. nave (1), nave (2): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Nave (BS), Nave (architecture), Nave (disambiguation), Nave: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Nave: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. nave: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. nave: Rhymezone
  19. nave, nave, nave: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. nave: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. NAVE: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. nave: FreeDictionary.org
  23. nave: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  24. nave: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. nave: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. Nave: World Wide Words

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. nave: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. NAVE: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)
  3. Glossary: Gothic Art and Architecture (No longer online)
  4. nave: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture
  5. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nave: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nave: Castle Terms
  2. NAVE: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nave: Catholic Encyclopedia
  2. Nave: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nave: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
noun:  (architecture) The ground-level middle cavity of a barn.
noun:  A hub of a wheel.
noun:  (obsolete) The navel.
noun:  A surname.

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