NOZZLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nozzle mean? 

• NOZZLE (noun)
  The noun NOZZLE has 2 senses:

1. a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged

2. informal terms for the nose

  Familiarity information: NOZZLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOZZLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

nose; nozzle

Hypernyms ("nozzle" is a kind of...):

spout (an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nozzle"):

showerhead (a perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather)

Holonyms ("nozzle" is a part of...):

gas burner; gas jet (burner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flame)

oilcan (a can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery)

sprinkler system (a system for extinguishing fires; water from a network of overhead pipes is released through nozzles that open automatically with the rise in temperature)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Informal terms for the nose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

beak; honker; hooter; nozzle; schnoz; schnozzle; snoot; snout

Hypernyms ("nozzle" is a kind of...):

nose; olfactory organ (the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

 Context examples 

A device designed to form the end of a nozzle.

(Nozzle Tip Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Like spray painting, the device is used by directing its nozzle at the desired surface during operation, causing a fibre mat to be deposited onto that surface.

(Scientists Develop Spray Gun to Paint Bandages onto Wounds, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

An arbitrary dosing unit used predominantly for semisolid topical formulations such as cream, ointment, paste, etc. One fingertip unit is the amount of a product that is squeezed out from a standard tube with 5-millimeter diameter nozzle along an adult's fingertip.

(Fingertip Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)