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Word entry · 5 letters

snout

Best crossword clue

"Projecting nose"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /snaʊt/Part of speech nounSorted nostuStarts with SEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose

Word origin

From Middle English snowte, snout, snute, from Old English *snūt, *snūte or Middle Low German snûte, from Proto-West Germanic *snūt, from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz.

Used in a sentence

  • The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout.
  • His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent snout.
  • Whether his snout a perfect nose is, And not an elephant's proboscis

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