"clown nose" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: clown noses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} clown nose (plural clown noses)
  1. A fake nose, typically near spherical, bright red in color and sometimes capable of producing a honking sound when squeezed, commonly used by clowns and occasionally as a prop by people during parties. Translations (fake nose): clownsneus [masculine] (Dutch), clownnäsa [common-gender] (Swedish), lösnäsa [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-clown_nose-en-noun-Q0mhejN- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'fake nose': 85 15
  2. A reddish-brown cancerous bulge in the area of the tip of the nose.
    Sense id: en-clown_nose-en-noun-1fQ6D5OA Categories (other): Undetermined quotations with omitted translation

Inflected forms

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