nose length

Nasal bridge span

Nose length is the distance from the bridge of the nose to its tip, or more loosely, any measurement of how far a nose projects from the face.

The phrase appears most often in contexts comparing facial features or, figuratively, in the expression by a nose length—winning by the smallest possible margin, as in horse racing where finishes are measured by how much of the horse's nose crosses first.

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aquiline · Roman · button · elongated · short · prominent · tip · septum · nostrils · cartilage · beak · proboscis · schnoz · cosmetic surgery · hook · slope · ridge · measured

Opposites
magnitude

nose lengthlong nose

Extended nasal feature

button nose · snub nose · aquiline nose

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