"nasal" Definition

Definitions for the word "nasal" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Of or pertaining to the nose.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Having a quality 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 (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
One of the nasal bones.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. adj.
1 of the nose. 2 (of a letter or a sound) pronounced with the breath passing through the nose, e.g. M, n, ng. 3 (of the voice or speech) having many nasal sounds. n. Nasal letter or sound. nasalize v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing). Nasally adv. [latin nasus nose]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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