Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carrot-nosed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables: car-rot-nosed
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a carrot for a nose, as a snowman.

adj

Having a large, ruddy nose somewhat resembling a carrot.

Example Sentences

"The carrot-nosed snowman shouted Merry Christmas! and zoomed off into the hills, but not before Ozzie got his picture for our cover."
""You're a carrot-nosed poltroon," said the Puddin' loudly"."
"Elijah's conversations with Esther used to be about jazz and soul artists and religion. Now she would wax lyrical about how she detested right-wing groups like the National Front and neo-Nazis and found any opportunity to insult Margaret Thatcher, whom she often called “the carrot-nosed witch.”"

Questions

What does carrot-nosed mean?: Having a carrot for a nose, as a snowman.

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