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snus

/snuːs/

snus noun: a type of tobacco snuff consumed in the form of a moist powder which is placed under the (usually upper) lip, without chewing, for extended periods of time.

snus: a type of tobacco snuff consumed in the form of a moist powder which is placed under the (usually...
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Noun (1)

snus (uncountable)

  1. A type of tobacco snuff consumed in the form of a moist powder which is placed under the (usually upper) lip, without chewing, for extended periods of time.

Noun (2) capitalized: SNUs

SNUs

  1. (plural) plural of SNU

Forms of snus

alternative formsnoos
alternative formsnoose

Origin of snus

Borrowed from Swedish snus.

Words that rhyme with snus

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Questions about snus

What does snus mean?
Snus means a type of tobacco snuff consumed in the form of a moist powder which is placed under the (usually upper) lip, without chewing, for extended periods of time.
What part of speech is snus?
Snus is a noun.
How do you pronounce snus?
Snus is pronounced /snuːs/.

Words near snus in the dictionary

  1. snurfer
  2. snurfers
  3. snurfing
  4. snurfs
  5. snurging
  6. snus
  7. snuss
  8. snuzzle
  9. snuzzled
  10. snuzzles
  11. snuzzling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: snus (page history and authors); SNUs (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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