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bellows	(used with a sing. or pl. verb) a device with a flexible, valved air chamber that can be expanded to draw in air and compressed to expel it through a nozzle, used to blow air on a fire or to sound a musical instrument. [1/3 definitions]
bibcock	a faucet with a downward-bent nozzle.
gas burner	the nozzle at the end of a gas fixture; gas jet.
gun	a tool that shoots small objects or liquids out through a tube or nozzle. [1/3 definitions]
jet propulsion	a way of giving aircraft and some small ships the power to move forward. Jet propulsion forces air and hot gases under high pressure to go through a jet nozzle.
nozzle	a narrow tube on the end of a pipe or hose. A nozzle controls the flow of a liquid or gas.
shower¹	a device that sprays water from an overhead nozzle, so that one can wash oneself. [1/8 definitions]
snout	something that resembles an animal's snout, such as a nozzle or spout. [1/2 definitions]
spray¹	water or another liquid flying or falling in fine droplets, as from the nozzle of a hose. [1/8 definitions]

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