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nasals

nasals is the plural of nasal.

Meaning of nasal

Noun

nasal (plural nasals)

  1. (archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
  2. (historical) The part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
    • The nasal continued in use until about 1140, when it was generally discarded, but isolated examples may be found in every succeeding century down to the seventeenth.1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 78
  3. A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

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Phrases with nasals

Questions about nasals

What is nasals the plural of?
Nasals is the plural of nasal.

Words near nasals in the dictionary

  1. nasalizing
  2. nasallang
  3. nasallangs
  4. nasally
  5. nasalness
  6. nasals
  7. nasalward
  8. nasalwards
  9. NASAMS
  10. Nasara
  11. Nasarawa

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