NOUN | artifact | muzzle, gun muzzle | the open circular discharging end of a gun / gun |
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animal | muzzle | forward projecting part of the head of certain animals | |
artifact | muzzle | a leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal's snout (especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting | |
artifact | muzzle, gag | restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting | |
VERB | possession | muzzle | fit with a muzzle |
perception | muzzle, gag | prevent from speaking out | |
contact | muzzle, gag | tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them |
Sounds | mah'zahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | The open circular discharging end of a gun / gun. | |
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Synonym | gun muzzle | |
Part of | gun | A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) |
Narrower | point, gunpoint | The gun muzzle's direction |
Broader | opening | A vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made |
Meaning | Forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose. | |
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Part of | head, caput | The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals |
Parts | snout, neb | A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head |
Broader | face | The part of an animal corresponding to the human face |
Spanish | morro |
Meaning | A leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal's snout (especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting. | |
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Broader | restraint, constraint | A device that retards something's motion / motion |
Verbs | muzzle | fit with a muzzle |
Meaning | restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting. | |
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Synonym | gag | |
Broader | restraint, constraint | A device that retards something's motion / motion |
Spanish | mordaza | |
Catalan | mordassa | |
Verbs | muzzle | tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them |
muzzle | prevent from speaking out |
Meaning | fit with a muzzle. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "muzzle the dog to prevent it from biting strangers" | |
Broader | equip, fit, fit out, outfit | Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose |
Opposite | unmuzzle | Remove the muzzle from (a dog) |
Spanish | amordazar | |
Nouns | muzzle | a leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal's snout (especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting |
muzzler | someone who muzzles animals |
Meaning | prevent from speaking out. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | They want to muzzle the prisoners | |
Synonym | gag | |
Broader | hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up | Cause to be quiet or not talk / talk |
Spanish | amordazar, censurar | |
Catalan | emmordassar | |
Nouns | muzzle | restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting |
Meaning | Tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | gag | |
Broader | tie, bind | Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord |
Nouns | muzzle | restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting |
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