nozzle
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 24
- Words With Friends
- 26
- Letters
- 6
Definition of nozzle
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
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noun
- A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
- A short outlet or inlet pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.
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The nose of an animal; muzzle.
“At length the acme of a typical Mexican scene was reached when the burros unceremoniously raised their nozzles and brayed loud and long.”
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The part of an earbud that accommodates eartips.
“The shape of the nozzle prevents the use of aftermarket eartips.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English noselle, equivalent to nose + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare typologically Russian сопло (soplo) (<~ сопе́ть (sopétʹ), whence also сопа́тка (sopátka)).
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