Definition of Schnorkel

1. Noun. Air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time.

Exact synonyms: Breather, Schnorchel, Snorkel, Snorkel Breather
Generic synonyms: Air Duct, Air Passage, Airway
Group relationships: Pigboat, Sub, Submarine, U-boat
Derivative terms: Breathe

Definition of Schnorkel

1. Noun. (alternative form of snorkel) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Schnorkel

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schnorkel

schnecke
schnecken
schneebergite
schneiderian
schneiderian first rank symptoms
schneiderian membrane
schnell
schnittlaugh
schnitzel
schnitzels
schnitzler syndrome
schnockered
schnook
schnooks
schnorchel
schnorkel (current term)
schnorkeled
schnorkeling
schnorkels
schnorr
schnorred
schnorrer
schnorrers
schnorrs
schnoz
schnozes
schnozz
schnozzes
schnozzle
schnozzles

Literary usage of Schnorkel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. What is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain (1919)
"I don't know what a schnorkel is, but now that I know it has been left out of these operas I never have missed so much in my life. ..."

2. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1909)
"105): "der Schluss der Szene ist durch einen schnorkel am linken Rande angedeutet, der alien- falls 0 mit ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... a wrinkled old woman ; G. schnorkel, a volute in Architecture. ON. ined snerk- jit/tifa ncf, with upturned nose ..."

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