nozzle
noun/ˈnɒzəl/
Etymology From Middle English noselle, equivalent to nose + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare typologically Russian сопло (soplo) (<~ сопе́ть (sopétʹ), whence also сопа́тка (sopátka)).
1
A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
2
A short outlet or inlet pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.
3
The nose of an animal; muzzle.
- At length the acme of a typical Mexican scene was reached when the burros unceremoniously raised their nozzles and brayed loud and long.1887, Fanny Chambers Gooch, Face to Face with the Mexicans, Chapter XVI, p. 489:
4
The part of an earbud that accommodates eartips.
- The shape of the nozzle prevents the use of aftermarket eartips.
- Derived terms
- Bresnan cellar nozzle, Bresnan nozzle, douche nozzle, micronozzle, monitor nozzle, multinozzle, nozzled, nozzleless, nozzleman, renozzle, snozzle
- Coordinate terms
- spout