1. Adjective
Of or pertaining to the nose.
2. Adjective
Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.
3. Noun
An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.
4. Noun
A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
5. Noun
Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
6. Noun
One of the nasal bones.
7. Noun
A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.
8. Noun
a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed
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