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Nasal

Adjective

Definitions

1.AdjectiveOf or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
2.AdjectiveHaving 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.
"nasal vowel"
3.AdjectiveCharacterized by resonance in the nasal passage.
"nasal utterance"
4.AdjectiveSharp, penetrating.
5.NounA medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
6.NounEllipsis of nasal consonant.
7.NounEllipsis of nasal vowel.
8.NounThe part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
9.NounEllipsis of nasal bone.
10.NounA plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.
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