Nose

[nəʊ̯z] · noun

Meaning

A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell..

Definitions by Sense

1. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
2. A snout, the nose of an animal.
3. The tip of an object.
4. The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
5. (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
6. (perfumery) A perfumer.
7. The sense of smell.
8. (idiomatic) Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.

Example Sentences

She had a small nose between two sparkling blue eyes.

The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…].

the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane

We submerged very slowly and without headway more than sufficient to keep her nose in the right direction, and as we went down, I saw outlined ahead of us the black opening in the great cliff.

Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water.

Red Rum only won by a nose.

Jacques Polge, Chanel's top “nose” since 1978, made the decision when developers started trying to buy up land around Grasse, where the Muls cultivate three hectares of the precious plant.

We are not offended with […] a dog for a better nose than his master.

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• noses
• nosing
• nosed

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