Synonyms for nozzle
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : noz-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒz əl |
Définition of nozzle
Origin :- mid-15c., noselle "socket on a candlestick," diminutive of nose (see nose (n.)). Meaning "small spout" first recorded 1680s.
- noun spout
- Widen the nozzle of the pipe, and the jet is in like manner diminished.
- Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
- Again he took a step towards me, but again the nozzle of my pistol drove him back.
- Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
- Dane got the nozzle to just outside the door of the room where Naomi lay captive.
- Extract from : « When the Sleepers Woke » by Arthur Leo Zagat
- He dropped the nozzle from his nerveless hands—and such hands, too!
- Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
- She whinnied, then her nozzle sought his arm and rubbed along it to his shoulder.
- Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson
- The sausage-meat was forced out through the nozzle into the sausage-cases.
- Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
- He turned its nozzle back to make a stream instead of a mist.
- Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster
- They hammer this tube into the ground and let some steam pass through the nozzle.
- Extract from : « Diggers in the Earth » by Eva March Tappan
- He turned on the water and adjusted the nozzle to a good strong flow.
- Extract from : « The Cheerful Smugglers » by Ellis Parker Butler
- Widen the nozzle of the pipe, and the force is in like manner diminished.
- Extract from : « Lives of the Engineers » by Samuel Smiles
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