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noseful

noseful noun: as much (of a scent etc.) as can be taken into one's nose; a sniff.

Noun

noseful (plural nosefuls)

  1. As much (of a scent etc.) as can be taken into one's nose; a sniff.
    • At last he did what I wanted: I stood so close I could snuff up nosefuls of his musty smell, and he snipped the curls from my head one by one.2002, Kate Grenville, Joan makes history

Forms of noseful

pluralnosefuls

Origin of noseful

From nose + -ful.

Questions about noseful

What does noseful mean?
Noseful means as much (of a scent etc.) as can be taken into one's nose; a sniff.
What part of speech is noseful?
Noseful is a noun.
What is the plural of noseful?
The plural of noseful is nosefuls.

Words near noseful in the dictionary

  1. nosedness
  2. nosedove
  3. noseeum
  4. noseeums
  5. nosefirst
  6. noseful
  7. nosefuls
  8. nosegay
  9. nosegayed
  10. nosegays
  11. nosegear

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