muzzle
The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws.
Other meanings
A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.
The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from.
A kind of
- opening
Kinds of muzzle
- point
Related words
- graymuzzle
- greymuzzle
- muzzleless
- muzzlelike
- muzzock
- unmuzzle
- muzzle sweep
- muzzle-bag
- muzzle-loader
- muzzle-loading
- muzzle blast
- muzzle booster
Word history
From Latin "mūsus" (snout).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “muzzle” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.