bottle-nose
obsolete
bottle-nose is spelled B-O-T-T-L-E-N-O-S-E: 10 letters. As a noun, bottle-nose means “An eruption on the nose such as is produced by excessive consumption of alcohol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bottle-nose is bottle-noses.
How many letters and syllables are in bottle-nose?
| Letters | 10: B-O-T-T-L-E-N-O-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with bottle-nose
Also written: bottlenose (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does bottle-nose mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicAn eruption on the nose such as is produced by excessive consumption of alcohol.
- 2
archaicA bottle-shaped nose.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).