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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Recent Examples of snout
With its scaly armor, pointy ears, elongated snout, and curved claws, the armadillo is undeniably odd-looking.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 July 2025
Behind them were strobe lights and a striking LED screen backdrop splayed with lyrics and images of animated alligators shooting lasers from their snouts.
—Sacbee.com, 12 July 2025
Keller noted that some airlines won't allow dogs with short snouts such as French Bulldogs to fly at all because of the stress that could put on the dog's ability to breathe.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 9 July 2025
The new species was identified by its snout and skull shape, claws, tail, teeth and other subtle physical features, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 July 2025
Behind them were strobe lights and a striking LED screen backdrop splayed with lyrics and images of animated alligators shooting lasers from their snouts.
—Sacbee.com, 12 July 2025
Keller noted that some airlines won't allow dogs with short snouts such as French Bulldogs to fly at all because of the stress that could put on the dog's ability to breathe.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 9 July 2025
The new species was identified by its snout and skull shape, claws, tail, teeth and other subtle physical features, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snout
nose
Noun
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Buckwheat, though, was fascinated, at one point pushing his tiny nose close to Schermerhorn’s chimes.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
12 Aug. 2025
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But her sharp nose is hunting for just one such combination: the one that signals cancer.—
Rohini Subrahmanyam,
Scientific American,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Snout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snout. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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