nozzle
/ˈnɒzəl/
nozzle noun: a short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
Noun
nozzle (plural nozzles)
- A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
- A short outlet or inlet pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.
- The nose of an animal; muzzle.
- At length the acme of a typical Mexican scene was reached when the burros unceremoniously raised their nozzles and brayed loud and long.1887, Fanny Chambers Gooch, Face to Face with the Mexicans, Chapter XVI, p. 489
- The part of an earbud that accommodates eartips.
- The shape of the nozzle prevents the use of aftermarket eartips.
nozzle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nozzle in Hindi
- नोजल
nozzle in Tamil
- short tube
- முனை muṉai
nozzle in Marathi
- नोजल, नोझल
nozzle in Urdu
- منہ, ناک, تھوتھنی, ٹونٹی
More languagesFewer languages
- nozzle in Telugu
- నాజిల్
- nozzle in Malayalam
- അറ്റം, കുഴൽവായ്, നാസിക
- nozzle in Kannada
- ಮೂತಿ, ಅಂಜುಳಿ
- nozzle in Punjabi
- ਨੋਜਲ, ਨੋਜ਼ਲ
- nozzle in Gujarati
- નોઝલ, નોજલ
- nozzle in Odia
- ନୋଜଲ୍
- nozzle in Nepali
- नोजल
- nozzle in Malay
- muncung
- nozzle in Persian
- نازل nâzel
- nozzle in Thai
- หัวฉีด hŭa chèet
- nozzle in Vietnamese
- vòi phun
Examples of nozzle in a sentence
- The nozzle size is set to 0.4mm and I am using a 0.4mm one.
- Large cracks spidered across the mask's glass where the nozzle had hit.
- Small arms unwound from the nursebots and began to press nozzles and needles into Ramon's flesh.
Forms of nozzle
| plural | nozzles |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | nosel |
| alternative form (obsolete) | nosle |
| alternative form (obsolete) | nozle |
Origin of nozzle
From Middle English noselle, equivalent to nose + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare typologically Russian сопло (soplo) (<~ сопе́ть (sopétʹ), whence also сопа́тка (sopátka)).
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Words that rhyme with nozzle
Questions about nozzle
- What does nozzle mean?
- Nozzle means a short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
- What is nozzle in Hindi?
- Nozzle in Hindi is नोजल. See Nozzle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nozzle?
- Nozzle is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nozzle?
- Nozzle is pronounced /ˈnɒzəl/.
- What is the plural of nozzle?
- The plural of nozzle is nozzles.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nozzle (page history and authors); nozzle (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nozzle (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nozzle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nozzle (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nozzle (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nozzle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nozzle (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nozzle (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nozzle (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nozzle (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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