nozzle - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

A nozzle is the spout at the end of a hose that water flows through.

Any kind of fluid — oil, gasoline — can move through a tube and squirt out of a nozzle, but we usually think of water in a hose, with the nozzle controlling the spray. The root of nozzle is nose, which — if you use a little imagination — describes the shape of most nozzles.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: nozzle

1	n	a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
2	n	informal terms for the nose

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: nozzle

1

n a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged

Synonyms:: nose

Types:: showerhead
a perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather

Type of:: spout
an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain

2

n informal terms for the nose

Synonyms:: beak, honker, hooter, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snout

Type of:: nose, olfactory organ
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals