Meaning & use
septum piercing
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Meanings
nouncountable
A hole made through the thin wall of tissue between the nostrils so that a ring or bar can be worn in it.
Grammar: Countable: she has a septum piercing.
Patterns
- get a septum piercing
- have a septum piercing
She got a septum piercing on her eighteenth birthday.
A septum piercing can be flipped up into the nose when you want to hide it.
He wore a small silver ring through his septum piercing.
nouncountable
The jewelry worn in this piercing, usually a ring or curved bar.
Grammar: Refers to the ornament itself: a gold septum piercing.
Patterns
- wear a septum piercing
He swapped his plain septum piercing for a gold hoop.
The shop sells every kind of septum piercing, from rings to horseshoes.
Her septum piercing caught the light when she smiled.
Word forms
| plural | septum piercings |
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Common combinations
- get a septum piercing
- She plans to get a septum piercing next month.
- septum piercing ring
- He chose a septum piercing ring in titanium.
- healing a septum piercing
- Healing a septum piercing takes a few months.
- septum piercing jewelry
- Septum piercing jewelry should be made of safe metals.
- flip up a septum piercing
- She can flip up her septum piercing for work.
Synonyms and how they differ
- nose ring
- A general term for rings through the nose, including the nostril; septum piercing names the central location.
- nostril piercing
- A piercing through the side of the nose, unlike the septum which is the middle part.
- nose stud
- A small stud worn in the side of the nose, not through the center.
Word family
Commonly confused: septum piercing or deviated septum?
septum piercing vs deviated septum
A deviated septum is a bend in the nose's inner wall that can cause breathing problems; it is not a piercing.
Practice
Where on the face is a septum piercing?
Choose one answer.
The septum is the thin dividing wall between the nostrils, so that is where the piercing goes.
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