Nozzle Definition

nŏzəl
nozzles
noun
nozzles
A spout at the end of a hose, pipe, bellows, etc., by which a stream of liquid or gas may be directed and controlled.
Webster's New World
The nose.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Nozzle

Noun

Singular:
nozzle
Plural:
nozzles

Origin of Nozzle

  • Middle English noselle socket on a candlestick diminutive of nose nose

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From earlier nosle, equivalent to nose +"Ž -le (diminutive/agent suffix).

    From Wiktionary

Nozzle Sentence Examples

  • The water as it thus issues from the nozzle feels to the touch like metal, and the strongest man cannot sensibly affect it with a crowbar.

  • A stainless steel steam nozzle foams up lattes.

  • Spoon this mixture into a piping fitted with a 5mm plain nozzle.

  • High-pressure steam from this combustion process expands out a rocket nozzle or drives a turbine that turns a propeller screw.

  • During the down-stroke of the piston the former was pressed home, so that no air entered the nozzle and vessel, while the latter was forced open by the air which so escaped from the cylinder.

More Sentences

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to nozzle using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

NNONOZ

Words Ending With

ELEZLE

Unscrambles

nozzle

Words Starting With N and Ending With E

Starts With N & Ends With EStarts With NO & Ends With EStarts With N & Ends With LE

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With N6 Letter Words Ending With E

Words Near Nozzle in the Dictionary