"nose test" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-nose test.ogg [Australia] Forms: nose tests [plural]
Etymology: Suggesting the identification of something by how it smells. Head templates: {{en-noun}} nose test (plural nose tests)
  1. (idiomatic) An informal method for determining whether something is authentic, credible, or ethical, by using one's common sense or sense of propriety. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-nose_test-en-noun-~1DdkR85 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 34 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 33 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 59 25 16
  2. An inspection of an object using the sense of smell, as for freshness of food. Categories (topical): Smell
    Sense id: en-nose_test-en-noun-VReKQnmc Disambiguation of Smell: 7 87 6
  3. (physiology) An inspection of the nasal passages or a trial of their function, as for breathing difficulties. Categories (topical): Physiology
    Sense id: en-nose_test-en-noun-tcNyC~LJ Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: smell test Related terms: smell a rat, sniff test

Inflected forms

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