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Word entry · 4 letters

nose

Best crossword clue

"Face feature for smell"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation [nəʊ̯z]Part of speech verb, nounSorted enosStarts with NEnds with E12 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. defeat by a narrow margin

Word origin

From Middle English nose, from Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu, variant of *nasō, old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- ~ *nh₂es- (“nose, nostril”).

Used in a sentence

  • She had a small nose between two sparkling blue eyes.
  • the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane
  • We submerged very slowly and without headway more than sufficient to keep her nose in the right direction, and as we went down, I saw outlined ahead of us the black opening in the great cliff.

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Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues

01Face feature for smell4 letters
02Face part for smell4 letters
03Face part for smelling4 letters
04Facial feature for smells4 letters
05Facial smell organ4 letters
06Front of a plane4 letters
07Part that smells4 letters
08Part used to smell4 letters

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