snout

About 1.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.

   The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout.

2. noun The front of the prow of a ship or boat. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. noun A person's nose.

   His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent snout.

4. noun The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.

   If you place the snout right into the bucket, it won't spray as much.

5. noun The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
6. noun The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
7. noun Tobacco; cigarettes.
8. noun The terminus of a glacier.

Similar words

schnozzle beak neb honker nozzle hooter snoot rostrum piglike forehead

Often followed by

and to of is in with length or was

Word family

snouted snoutier snoutiest snouting snoutish snouts snouty