nasal bone

noun

Either of two bones of the skull of vertebrates above the fishes which lie in front of the frontal bones and in humans are oblong in shape forming by their junction the bridge of the nose and partly covering the nasal cavity.

Similar
nasalos nasale
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounnasal bone (plural nasal bones)

plural nasal bones · alternative nasal

  1. anatomyEither of two bones of the skull of vertebrates above the fishes which lie in front of the frontal bones and in humans are oblong in shape forming by their junction the bridge of the nose and partly covering the nasal cavity.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose

Similar
nasalos nasale
Broader
boneos
Also see
nasal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 鼻骨
  • 鼻骨 (bígǔ)bone
Czech nosní kost
  • nosní kostbone
Dutch neusbeen
  • neusbeenbone
Estonian ninaluu
  • ninaluubone
Finnish nenäluu
  • nenäluubone
French os nasal
  • os nasalbone
German Nasenbein
  • Nasenbeinbone
Hungarian orrcsont
  • orrcsontbone
Korean 코뼈
  • 코뼈 (koppyeo)bone
Polish kość nosowa
  • kość nosowabone
Portuguese osso nasal
  • osso nasalbone
Russian носова́я кость
  • носова́я кость (nosovája kostʹ)bone
Swedish näsben
  • näsbenbone
Ukrainian носова́ кі́стка
  • носова́ кі́стка (nosová kístka)bone
Cite this entry
APA

nasal bone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasal%20bone

MLA

“nasal bone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasal%20bone. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nasal bone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasal%20bone.

Source: nasal bone on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.