1. A projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
   "He adjusted the nozzle on the garden hose to create a fine spray";
   - nose
    
2. [informal] The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
   "he has a cold in the nozzle";
   - nose, olfactory organ, beak [informal], honker [informal], hooter [informal], snoot [informal], snout [informal], schnozzle [informal], schnoz [informal], conk [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: nozzles

Type of: chemoreceptor, spout

Part of: face, gas burner, gas jet, human face, oilcan, sprinkler system, upper respiratory tract

Encyclopedia: Nozzle