nozzle

/ˈnɑzəl/

/ˈnɒzəl/

Other forms: nozzles

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.

Definitions of nozzle

1. noun

   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. noun

   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