nasal

Plural: nasals

Noun

• a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed
• an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose
• A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
• Ellipsis of nasal consonant.
• Ellipsis of nasal vowel.
• The part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
• Ellipsis of nasal bone.
• A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

Adjective

• of or in or relating to the nose
  • "nasal passages"

Adjective Satellite

• sounding as if the nose were pinched
  • "a whining nasal voice"

Adj

• Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
• Having a sound 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.
• Characterized by resonance in the nasal passage.
• Sharp, penetrating.

Examples

• "nasal utterance"
• "nasal vowel"

Synonyms

adenoidal, nasal bone, nasal consonant, nosely, nosey, os nasale, pinched, rhinal

Anagrams of nasal