nostril

CEFRB2

/ˈnɒs.tɹɪl/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    One of the two openings in the nose.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.

Examples

  • I have a facial boil. There's a painful lump at the back of one nostril.

  • Sami had a little bit of blood coming from his nostril.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈnɑ.stɹəl/

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In context

  • There's a pea in my right nostril.

  • […]whether it bee that they bee broken winded and purſiue, or otherwiſe bitten and ſtung with venomous beaſts; in which caſes, there muſt be an injection made vp into the noſthrils, of the juice of Rue in wine.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English nostrille, from Old English nosþyrel. Compare Old Frisian nosterle (“nostril”), modern West Frisian noaster (“nostrill”). Compare also Middle Low German noster (“nostril”), from Proto-Germanic *nustriz (“nostril”). By surface analysis, nose + thirl (“hole”).