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nose art

nose art noun: artwork found on the forward sections of aircraft (though usually not on the nose itself).

nose art: artwork found on the forward sections of aircraft (though usually not on the nose itself)
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Noun

nose art (uncountable)

  1. artwork found on the forward sections of aircraft (though usually not on the nose itself)

Forms of nose art

alternative formnoseart

Questions about nose art

What does nose art mean?
Nose art means artwork found on the forward sections of aircraft (though usually not on the nose itself).
What part of speech is nose art?
Nose art is a noun.

Words near nose art in the dictionary

  1. nose
  2. nose about
  3. nose ape
  4. nose apes
  5. nose around
  6. nose art
  7. nose bag
  8. nose bags
  9. nose beard
  10. nose beards
  11. nose beer

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