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nozzle

[noz-uhl] / ˈnɒz əl /
NOUN
spout
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They then deposited 1 nanoliter droplets onto a silicon substrate using an inkjet nozzle and allowed them to dry.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

Children suck up lamb and rice through a nozzle, like little astronauts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025

So depending on the contents, you could have a pump, a squeeze top, spray nozzle, screw top lid or other options.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025

It took me three hours to force the hose onto the pump nozzle, but I couldn’t cinch it up securely.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025

Ray unwinds the hose from the side of the house and aims the nozzle at the door, and I turn the water on.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Plant officials said that levels in the Danube were so low that the suction nozzles used to take in water could not reach it.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Combined, that’s 68% more EV chargers than gasoline nozzles in the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

In the pitch black of the mine, mud-splattered men with headlamps drill into the rock in two-man teams, using hydro drills with long, thin nozzles that shoot out pressurized water to loosen the ore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

As droplets shake loose, they fall through the nozzles into collection containers placed above and below the vibrating ring.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2025

I got a cutting tool and put it in the special jig he had fashioned for our nozzles.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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