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- Dictionarysnout/snaʊt/
noun
- 1. the projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a mammal: "a sea lion balanced a ball on its snout"
- 2. a cigarette. informal British
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SNOUT definition: 1. the nose and mouth that stick out from the face of some animals: 2. slang for a person's nose…. Learn more.
The meaning of SNOUT is a long projecting nose (as of a swine). How to use snout in a sentence.
noun. the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle. Entomology. an anterior prolongation of the head bearing the mouth parts, as in snout beetles. anything that resembles or suggests an animal's snout in shape, function, etc. a nozzle or spout.
An animal's long, protruding nose is often called a snout. The tricky part, though, is that not all long animal noses are called snouts . An elephant has a very long nose, but we don't call it a snout , we call it a trunk.
noun. 1. the part of the head of a vertebrate, esp a mammal, consisting of the nose, jaws, and surrounding region, esp when elongated. 2. the corresponding part of the head of such insects as weevils. 3. anything projecting like a snout, such as a nozzle or the lower end of a glacier. 4. slang.
Definition of snout noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (Zoology) the part of the head of a vertebrate, esp a mammal, consisting of the nose, jaws, and surrounding region, esp when elongated. 2. (Zoology) the corresponding part of the head of such insects as weevils. 4. (Anatomy) slang a person's nose.
Verb. Filter. noun. snouts. The projecting nose and jaws, or muzzle, of an animal. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. An anterior prolongation of the head resembling this, as in a weevil. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A projecting part. Webster's New World. A spout or nozzle shaped like such a projection.
snout meaning, definition, what is snout: the long nose of some kinds of animals, ...: Learn more.
noun [ C ] uk/snaʊt/us. Add to word listAdd to word list. the long nose of some animals, such as pigs. (Definition of snout from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
