Converse of object

• elongate: The anthropomorphic mask has a square forehead and an elongated snout, resembling Olmec and Izapan deity masks ( Norman 1976 Figs.

• have: A typical Tamworth has the longest snout of the present day domestic breeds.

• protrude: They have a large, broad head and a protruding snout.

• upturn: One of the hoverflies had an upturned snout indicating the genus Rhingia.

• pass: Passing the snout of the Khumbu Glacier, we reach a line of memorials to Sherpas who have died on Everest.

Adjective modifier

• pointed: The sea dragon's face resembled a fan, its features radiating from its pointed snout.

• blunt: Their faces are very peculiar, with eyes positioned backward in the head close to very small ears and long, blunt snouts.

• narrow: Whirling through the water like a barrel comes a rotund ciliate which appears to have a long, narrow snout or nose.

• long: A typical Tamworth has the longest snout of the present day domestic breeds.

• short: They do not have a tail fin and cannot really be mistaken for anything else, if only because of their short snub snout.

• rounded: Yet the Swift manages to look individual in a complex world, and that rounded snout gives errant pedestrians a sporting chance of survival.

Modifies a noun

• baron: What a brilliant use of the term ' snout baron ' by Simon Hoggart in the Guardian today.

• butterfly: A long snout butterfly fish has come up from the depths to make the back seat of the plane its home.

• psaltery: The picture here is of a bird sitting on what seems to be a cross between a box and a pigs snout psaltery.

Noun used with modifier

• glacier: It was the only landing place which we saw as we sailed pass all the steep cliffs and glacier snouts.

• pig: The picture here is of a bird sitting on what seems to be a cross between a box and a pigs snout psaltery.

Possessives

• pig: Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.

Preposition: in

• trough: I can tell you that there are no " snouts in the trough " in my party, nor have there ever been.

• air: Few will be unmoved when a badger pauses, with a paw half cocked, and raises its snout in the air.

Preposition: of

• glacier: At the next station you may get a good view of the snout of a glacier.