Nasal

Quick meaning: Nasal is an adjective meaning (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (phonetics) Characterized by resonance in the nasal passage.
2. (music) Sharp, penetrating.
3. (medicine, archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
4. (phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal consonant.
5. (phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal vowel.
6. (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.
7. (historical) The part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.

Example Sentences

nasal utterance

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

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

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

Word Forms

• nasals

Synonyms for nasal

Depending on context, synonyms include nosely, nosey, high, pinched, high-pitched, adenoidal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rhinal, adenoidal, high-pitched, pinched, high, nose.

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