nose
A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
Example
“She had a small nose between two sparkling blue eyes.”
Other meanings
A snout, the nose of an animal.
The tip of an object.
“the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane”
Synonyms
- olfactory organ
Kinds of nose
- beak
- hawk nose
- proboscis
- snout
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "nosu".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “nose” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; 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.