What does short-nosed mean?

short-nosed means "having a blunt nose".

How many syllables are in short-nosed?

short-nosed has 2 syllables and divides as short--nosed under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for short-nosed?

Close synonyms include pug-nosed, pug-nose, snub-nosed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is short-nosed a common word?

short-nosed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Short-nosed — meaning, 3 synonyms and examples

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having a blunt nose
“a pug-nosed boy with freckles”
“a snub-nosed automatic”
Synonymspug-nosed pug-nose snub-nosed
Similarnosed

Questions about short-nosed

What does short-nosed mean?: short-nosed means "having a blunt nose".
How many syllables are in short-nosed?: short-nosed has 2 syllables and divides as short--nosed under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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