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Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary is based on the world’s largest collection of information about the way the English language is written and spoken in our time—a citation file of over 14½ million examples of English words drawn from actual use, more than 1 million collected since the last edition. The volume also includes: well-drafted Definitions and Pronunciations, Extensive...

1na•sal \ˈnā-zəl\ noun [Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French, from nes nose, from Latin nasus — more at NOSE] (14th century) 1 : the nosepiece of a helmet 2 : a nasal part 3 : a nasal consonant 2nasal adjective (1656) 1 : of or relating to the nose 2 a : uttered with the soft palate lowered and with passage of air through the nose (as with \m\ , \n\ , \ŋ\ , \ōn\ , or \an\ ) b : characterized by resonance produced through the nose 3 of a musical tone : SHARP, PENETRATING — na•sal•i•ty
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