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snore

n. countable
B1 Intermediate US //ˈsnɔɹ// UK //snˈɔː// snore Informal

n. the sound a person makes when they sleep with their mouth open. It is often loud and can be annoying to people nearby.

n. the sound produced by the vibration of the uvula and soft palate during sleep. Often used in the plural to describe the general noise of a sleeper.


SIMPLE

The loud snore woke him up in the middle of the night.

CONTEXTUAL

I could barely read my book because of the constant snore coming from the next room.

COMPLEX

The rhythmic snore of the old man filled the cabin, providing a strange sense of security to the young traveler who was far from home.

Synonyms
Origin

From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”). Compare also Proto-West Germanic snarkōn, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”). The change fn → sn in this word is regular, seen also in sneeze, from Middle English fnesen (see sneeze for more).

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