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Snout
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Snout has 3 senses
- snout(n = noun.animal) neb - a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose; Array is a part of muzzle
- snout(n = noun.body) beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot - informal terms for the nose; Array is a kind of nose, olfactory organ
- snout(n = noun.animal) rostrum - beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils; Array is a kind of nose, olfactory organ
has particulars: proboscis, trunk
is a kind of nose, olfactory organ
CIDE DICTIONARY
Snout, n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw. snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. snta to blow the nose; probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. Snite, Snot, Snuff.].
- The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine. [1913 Webster]
- The nose of a man; -- in contempt. Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
- The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc. [1913 Webster]
- The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also
rostrum . [1913 Webster]
Snout, v. t.
To furnish with a nozzle or point. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Snout, n.
1 the projecting nose and mouth of an animal.
2 derog. a person's nose.
3 the pointed front of a thing; a nozzle.
4 Brit. sl. tobacco or a cigarette.
1 the projecting nose and mouth of an animal.
2 derog. a person's nose.
3 the pointed front of a thing; a nozzle.
4 Brit. sl. tobacco or a cigarette.
Idiom
snout-beetle a weevil.
Derivative
snouted adj. (also in comb.). snoutlike adj. snouty adj.
Etymology
ME f. MDu., MLG snut
THESAURUS
Snout
antlia, beak, beezer, bib nozzle, bill, bugle, conk, muffle, muzzle, nares, neb, nib, nose, nostrils, nozzle, olfactory organ, pecker, pressure nozzle, proboscis, rhinarium, rose, rosehead, rostrum, schnozzle, shower head, smeller, snitch, snoot, spray nozzle, sprinkler head, trunkROGET THESAURUS
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Convexity
N convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).
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