Meaning

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion..

Definitions by Sense

1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
2. (phonetics) Having a sound imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng.
3. (phonetics) Characterized by resonance in the nasal passage.
4. (music) Sharp, penetrating.
5. (medicine, archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
6. (phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal consonant.
7. (phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal vowel.
8. (historical) The part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.

Example Sentences

Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.

Neffy uses the same spray device as Narcan, the naloxone nasal spray for opioid overdose, according to a spokesperson for its maker, ARS Pharmaceuticals.

nasal vowel

nasal utterance

"Are you sure you're OK?" she said with a nasal Australian accent.

The nasal continued in use until about 1140, when it was generally discarded, but isolated examples may be found in every succeeding century down to the seventeenth.

Rorge had donned a black halfhelm with a broad iron nasal that made it hard to see that he did not have a nose.

Word Forms

• more nasal
• most nasal
• nasals

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When Should You Use Nasal?

Use nasal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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