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# nasal

adjective (nasal)

«nasal» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Nasal means to do with the nose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasal/#m1)
2. A nasal voice or sound comes partly through the nose, like when you have a cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasal/#m2)
3. In phonics and grammar, nasal sounds are m, n and ng. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasal/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science, nasal passages warm and clean the air you breathe. In health, nasal spray helps a blocked nose. In French lessons, French has nasal vowels (as in «bon», «vin»).

### Examples

- He had a nasal voice because of his cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasal/#x1)
- Use the nasal spray twice a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasal/#x2)
- M and n are nasal sounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasal/#x3)
- Hairs in the nasal passages catch dust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasal/#x4)
- The French word «bon» has a nasal sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasal/#x5)
- She had a nasal infection. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasal/#x6)

### Note

Adjective only. Related noun: nose.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nasal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nasal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nasal.html) on Mova free.

