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noseblood

noseblood noun: the blood produced from a nosebleed.

Noun

noseblood (uncountable)

  1. The blood produced from a nosebleed.
    • […]she said, sharply, "if we women had great fists as big as yours there might be a juster spurting of noseblood, Broad One."2004, Richard Monaco, Parsival Or a Knight's Tale, page 38

Origin of noseblood

From nose + blood, after the fashion of nosebleed.

Questions about noseblood

What does noseblood mean?
Noseblood means the blood produced from a nosebleed.
What part of speech is noseblood?
Noseblood is a noun.

Words near noseblood in the dictionary

  1. nosebleeder
  2. nosebleeders
  3. nosebleeding
  4. nosebleeds
  5. noseblind
  6. noseblood
  7. nosebone
  8. nosebones
  9. nosebridge
  10. nosebridges
  11. noseburn

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