Meaning of MOUTHPIECE
| Pronunciation: | | 'mawthpees
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- [n] the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
- [n] the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth
- [n] an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks
- [n] (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth
- [n] a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person; "the mouthpiece of a respirator"
- [n] (informal) a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
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| | Synonyms: | | embouchure, gumshield, mouth |
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| | See Also: | | acoustic device, aperture, cigarette holder, inhalator, interpreter, phone, pipe, representative, respirator, spokesperson, sporting goods, sports equipment, telephone, telephone set, tobacco pipe, tube, tubing, voice, wind, wind instrument | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mouth"piece`\, n.
1. The part of a musical or other instrument to which the
mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a
bugle, or of a tobacco pipe.
2. An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or
vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a
fluid.
3. One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a
spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party.
Egmont was imprudent enough to make himself the mouthpiece
of their remonstrance. --Motley.
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| | Related Terms: | | adviser, advocate, aerophone, AG, agent, amicus curiae, announcer, annunciator, attorney, attorney general, attorney-at-law, authority, barrister, barrister-at-law, bell, bit, call box, channel, civilian, coin telephone, communicant, communicator, connection, corporation lawyer, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law, court-appointed lawyer, criminal lawyer, DA, defense counsel, delegate, deputy, desk telephone, dial telephone, district attorney, double reed, embouchure, enlightener, expert witness, extension, friend at court, front, front man, go-between, gossipmonger, grapevine, herald, horn, informant, information center, information medium, informer, interagent, interceder, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, intermediate agent, intermediator, intermedium, internuncio, intervener, interventionist, interventor, interviewee, junior counsel, KC, key, law agent, lawyer, leader, legal adviser, legal counselor, legal expert, legal practitioner, legalist, lip, mediator, medium, middleman, monitor, mouth, negotiant, negotiator, negotiatress, negotiatrix, newsmonger, notifier, official spokesman, ombudsman, pay station, phone, pipe, pleader, press, private attorney, proctor, procurator, prolocutor, prolocutress, prolocutrix, prosecuting attorney, prosecutor, public prosecutor, public relations officer, public telephone, publicist, publisher, push-button telephone, QC, radio, rapporteur, receiver, reed, reporter, representative, sea lawyer, self-styled lawyer, shyster, silk, silk gown, slide, solicitor, solicitor general, source, speaker, special pleader, spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman, SSC, stuff gown, stuff-gownsman, telephone, telephone booth, telephone engineering, telephone extension, telephone mechanics, telephone receiver, telephonics, telephony, television, teller, tipster, tooter, tout, transmitter, US attorney, valve, voice, wall telephone, wind, wind instrument, witness |
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