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nos

nos is the plural of no.

nos is the alternative form of nos..

nos is the acronym of nitrous oxide system.

nos is the abbreviation of nitrous oxide.

Meaning of no

Noun

no (plural noes or nos)

  1. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval.
    • Q: I'll answer any ten questions that call for a yes or a no.1994, Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore, “All Good Things...”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 7, episodes 25-26, John de Lancie (actor)
  2. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
    • The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty yeses and two nos.

See all 21 meanings of no

Meaning of nitrous oxide

Noun

nitrous oxide (uncountable)

  1. A nonflammable gas commonly used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic and analgesic effects and in motorsport for bursts of added power.
    • Holonym: gas and air

Adjective capitalized: NOS

NOS (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of not otherwise specified.
    • diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified

Noun (1) capitalized: NOS

NOS (countable and uncountable, plural NOSes)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Near-Online Storage.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Network Operating System.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of New Old Stock.
  4. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of nitrous oxide system.
  5. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of nitrous oxide.

Noun (2) capitalized: Nos

Nos

  1. (plural) plural of No

Synonyms of nos

Forms of nos

Noun
alternative formnoes
pluralnoses
pluralNOSes
Adjective
alternative formN.O.S.

Origin of nos

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From no. + -s.

Abbreviation

Phrases with nos

Questions about nos

What is nos the plural of?
Nos is the plural of no.
What part of speech is nos?
Nos can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nos in the dictionary

  1. Norwood Payneham and St Peters
  2. Norwood Reaper
  3. Norwood scale
  4. Norzagaray
  5. Norðurland eystra
  6. nos
  7. nos.
  8. Nosairi
  9. Nosairian
  10. Nosairis
  11. Nosal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nos (page history and authors); NOS (page history and authors); Nos (page history and authors); no (page history and authors); nitrous oxide (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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