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mouthpiece |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mouthpiece \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mouthpiece n 1: a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person; "the mouthpiece of a respirator" 2: an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks 3: (informal) a spokesperson (as a lawyer) [syn: {mouth}] 4: (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth [syn: {gumshield}] 5: the part of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth 6: the part of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly [syn: {embouchure}]
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