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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
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Examples for "nose"
Examples for "nose"
1
Capital handling of the neck and throat; lovely work on the nose.
Roderick Hudson
2
But when government revenues nose-dived and unemployment levels rose rapidly, that changed.
The Irish Times
3
They used the whip and the rattan stick; and twisted his nose.
Michael, Brother of Jerry
4
The nose of the envelope is stiffened to prevent it blowing in.
British Airships, Past, Present, and Future
5
We treat the local condition in the nose with a menthol mixture.
The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 4 (of 4) / A Personal Guide to the ...
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