nostril

nostril
noun
VERB + NOSTRIL
fill

The stench of the cellar filled my nostrils.

NOSTRIL + VERB
flare
NOSTRIL + NOUN
hair
PREPOSITION
in your nostrils

The smell of decay lingered in her nostrils.

through your nostrils

She drew on the cigarette and blew smoke through her nostrils.


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  • Nostril — Nos tril, n. [OE. nosethril, nosethirl, AS. nos[thorn]yrl; nos for nosu nose + [thorn]yrel opening, hole, from [thorn]yrel pierced, for [thorn]yrhel, fr. purh through. [root]261. See {Nose}, and {Through}, and cf. {Thrill}.] [1913 Webster] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • nostril — (n.) O.E. nosþyrl, nosðirl, lit. the hole of the nose, from nosu nose (see NOSE (Cf. nose) (n.)) + þyrel hole (see THRILL (Cf. thrill) (v.)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • nostril — ► NOUN ▪ either of two external openings of the nose that admit air to the lungs and smells to the olfactory nerves. ORIGIN Old English, «nose hole» …   English terms dictionary

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  • nostril — UK [ˈnɒstrəl] / US [ˈnɑstrəl] noun [countable] Word forms nostril : singular nostril plural nostrils one of the two holes at the end of your nose …   English dictionary

  • nostril — [OE] Etymologically, a nostril is a ‘nosehole’. Its Old English ancestor was nosthyrl, a compound formed from nosu ‘nose’ and thyrl ‘hole’. This was a derivative of thurh ‘through’, and still survives as thirl, a dialectal word for ‘hole’. =>… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • nostril — [OE] Etymologically, a nostril is a ‘nosehole’. Its Old English ancestor was nosthyrl, a compound formed from nosu ‘nose’ and thyrl ‘hole’. This was a derivative of thurh ‘through’, and still survives as thirl, a dialectal word for ‘hole’. Cf.⇒… …   Word origins

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