clown nose
clown nose noun: a fake nose, typically near spherical, bright red in color and sometimes capable of producing a honking sound when squeezed, commonly used by clowns and occasionally as a prop by people during parties.
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Noun
clown nose (plural clown noses)
- A fake nose, typically near spherical, bright red in color and sometimes capable of producing a honking sound when squeezed, commonly used by clowns and occasionally as a prop by people during parties.
- A reddish-brown cancerous bulge in the area of the tip of the nose.
- Giacomo Colletti, Fabiana Allevi, Laura Moneghini, and Marina Palvarini (31 January 2014), “Clown nose: a case of disfiguring nodular squamous cell carcinoma of the face”, in Case Reports, volume 2014, →DOI, →PMID, page bcr2013200471: “The clown nose is characterised in the patient by a dome-shaped...
Forms of clown nose
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Questions about clown nose
- What does clown nose mean?
- Clown nose means a fake nose, typically near spherical, bright red in color and sometimes capable of producing a honking sound when squeezed, commonly used by clowns and occasionally as a prop by people during parties.
- What part of speech is clown nose?
- Clown nose is a noun.
- What is the plural of clown nose?
- The plural of clown nose is clown noses.
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