nasal

Speech parts

1. nasal - Noun

2. nasal - Adjective

3. nasal - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the nose.

Having a quality 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 (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.

An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.

A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.

Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.

One of the nasal bones.

A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

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Yes, my friend,' he said. ‘It is so easy to be an American - here in Paris! A nasal voice - the chewing gum - the little goatee - the horned-rimmed spectacles - all the appurtenances of the stage American... Agatha Christie

Through the long ward the gramophone Grinds out its nasal melodies: "Where did you get that girl?" it shrills. The patients listen at their ease, Through clouds of strong tobacco smoke: The gramophone can always please. Eva Dobell

Remember that the pharynx is at a crossroads from which leads off, at the top, the passage to the mouth cavity and the passage to the nasal cavity, and below, the passage to the larynx. Roman Jakobson

a whining nasal voice Source: Internet

nasal passages Source: Internet

Abel suggested that the large, central nasal cavity (for the trunk) in the skull might have been interpreted as a large single eye-socket. Source: Internet

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