Meaning

5 senses
  1. Anything (originally a piece of armour) that protects the nose.

    armor plate that protects the nose

  2. An animal's noseband.

  3. The bridge between spectacle lenses that rests on the nose.

    the link between two lenses; rests on the nose

  4. The part of a microscope that holds the objectives.

  5. The outer end or point of a pipe, bellows, etc.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From nose + piece.

From nose + piece.

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Forms

plural: nosepieces
Singularnosepiece
Pluralnosepieces

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the link between two lenses; rests on the nose:bridge
  • a strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the animal's nose:noseband

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nosepiece — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto