as in nose
the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity
dogs and their owners must grow to resemble one another, as that man and his basset hound have remarkably similar snouts
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This fuzzy, snout-nosed, smart aleck extraterrestrial whose name was Gordon Shumway crashed in the suburban garage of the Tanner family in California after escaping from the doomed planet of Melmac, which was destroyed by nuclear war.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2025
The characters’ snouts are more pronounced.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
The male frog, measuring about 2.2 inches long from snout to legs, would have been preserved, but due to time constraints, it was instead taken to Germany alive and placed in a moist terrarium, according to the paper.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Securing the animal by its long, jagged snout.
—Jack Prator, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2025
The characters’ snouts are more pronounced.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
The male frog, measuring about 2.2 inches long from snout to legs, would have been preserved, but due to time constraints, it was instead taken to Germany alive and placed in a moist terrarium, according to the paper.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Securing the animal by its long, jagged snout.
—Jack Prator, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snout
nose
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The mark of a brilliant director might be counted on how many actors get their moments in smaller roles, and this film is full of them, notably Steve Coulter in for one memorable scene as a seatmate whose nose cold causes consternation for Liz at a dinner party.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
7 Sep. 2025
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Children exposed to wildfire smoke may experience chest pain and tightness, breathing difficulties, coughing, and irritation in the nose, throat, and eyes, among other symptoms.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Snout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snout. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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