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Meanings of nozzle in English

Portuguese
bocal
Catalan
nàpia

Informal terms for the nose.

      bocal
      Portuguese
      boquilha
      Catalan
      tovera
      Spanish
      tobera

      A projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged.

            boquilha
            Russian
            сопло
            Portuguese
            tubeira
            Catalan
            tovera
            Spanish
            tobera

            Device to control fluid flow.

                  сопло
                  Usage of nozzle in English
                  1
                  The fuel ignited about a half inch in front of the nozzle.
                  Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
                  2
                  The latter group, mostly Nats, would be responsible for the nozzle-sculpting program.
                  Seveneves
                  3
                  The nozzle position on the left engine was the only off-nominal indication.
                  Riding rockets
                  4
                  Out with the hose-reel and up with the nozzle on the porch.
                  A Son of the City / A Story of Boy Life
                  5
                  The construction of this nozzle is perfectly simple and is easily understood.
                  Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting / Electric, Forge and Thermit ...
                  6
                  The exhaust nozzle, the diaphragm and the draft pipes or petticoat pipe.
                  The Traveling Engineers' Association to Improve the Locomotive E...
                  7
                  The nozzle and about three feet of garden hose lay near him.
                  Condensed Novels
                  8
                  What is the long nozzle on those fish-shaped soy sauce packets for?
                  News.com.au
                  9
                  They're red, they have a hand pump, a hose, and a nozzle.
                  Consent to kill: a thriller
                  10
                  He was almost expecting a pistol nozzle to poke out at him.
                  The Naked God
                  11
                  Where used, they should be preferably placed directly on the boiler nozzle.
                  Steam, Its Generation and Use
                  12
                  The attendant transferred the nozzle to the first of the spare cans.
                  The clouds beneath the sun
                  13
                  When I got in range of Tony's car, I twisted the nozzle.
                  After midnight
                  14
                  At the other end of the room was a waist-high shower nozzle.
                  The favorites: a novel
                  15
                  He then grabbed the nozzle and jammed it into the gas tank.
                  Lockdown
                  16
                  She aimed the nozzle of the sprayer and squeezed the pressure-release lever.
                  Phantoms
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                  Translations for nozzle
                  Spanish
                  tobera
                  Russian
                  сопло
                  Nozzle through the time
                  Nozzle across language varieties
                  United States of America
                  Common
                  United Kingdom
                  Less common