nose
/noʊ̯z/ noun A1- A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell. · She had a small nose between two sparkling blue eyes.
- A snout, the nose of an animal.
- The tip of an object. · the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane
- The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
- 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. · Red Rum only won by a nose.
- A perfumer.
- The sense of smell.
- Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
Plural noses
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I’m hoping we will get our work done before they get poking their noses into it and messing up all the trails.
Her nose wants character; there is nothing marked in its lines.
Toto was not gray; he was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose.
As it was, the jar made her catch her breath and wonder what had happened; and Toto put his cold little nose into her face and whined dismally.
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