as in noses
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 snouts
Wild hogs can reach weights of more than 150 pounds and measure 5 to 6 feet long, feeding on plants and animals by rooting with their broad snouts.
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
The characters’ snouts are more pronounced.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
The characters’ snouts are more pronounced.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snouts
noses
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Dogs have an incredibly keen sense of smell—up to 100,000 times stronger than a human's, with around 300 million receptors in their noses, according to pet food manufacturer Purina.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Right under our noses, Homo sapiens is transitioning into a new type of species that might be called Homo techno.—
Alan Lightman
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Snouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snouts. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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