mouth
Definitions
- The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
- mouth, oral cavity
- entrance, opening
- The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.
- estuary
- An outlet, aperture or orifice.
- A loud or overly talkative person.
- A gossip.
- The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
- A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
- Speech; language; testimony.
- A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
Equivalents
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Afrikaansmond
አማርኛአፍ
Azərbaycan diliağız
བོད་སྐད།ཁ
Bosanskiaberbakibocaburnačegčunagrivagubecgubicakitamutenjuškaonuoralošosotvorpusaustautokžvalaњушкаотворустауток
Eestisuu
Euskaraaho
Suomihaavikitakitusetläpileipäläpimonttunaamasuusuuaukkosuukkisuukkusuuliinasuuvärkkiturpaturpavärkki
Vosa Vakavitigusu
Gaeilgebéal
Hausabaki
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻiwaha
עבריתפה
Hrvatskiaberbakibocaburnačegčunagrivagubecgubicakitamutenjuškaonuoralosošotvorpusaustautokžvalaњушкаотворустауток
Igboonu
ქართულიპირი
Қазақ тіліауыз
ಕನ್ನಡಬಾಯಿ
Кыргызчаооз
LëtzebuergeschMond
ລາວປາກ
Lietuviųburna
Malagasyvava
മലയാളംവായ
Монголам
नेपालीमुख
ଓଡ଼ିଆମୁଖ
پښتوخوله
Ikinyarwandaumunwa
සිංහලකට
Slovenčinaústa
ChiShonamuromo
Soomaaliaf
Shqipgojë
Српскиaberbakibocaburnačegčunagrivagubecgubicakitamutenjuškaonuoralosošotvorpusaustautokžvalaњушкаотворустауток
Sesothomolomo
தமிழ்வாய்
తెలుగునోరు
Тоҷикӣдаҳон
ትግርኛአፍ
Türkmençeagyz
Setswanamolomo
Türkçeağız
ئۇيغۇرچەئېغىز
O'zbekchaogʻiz
Wolofgémmiñ
isiXhosaumlomo
Yorùbáẹnu
isiZuluumlomo
Examples
“"Open⟳ your mouth and say⟳ 'aah'," directed the doctor.”
“I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter⟳, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like⟳ the bull of Bashan.”
“The mouth of the river is a good place⟳ to go birdwatching in spring⟳ and autumn.”
“The Yalu is mainly useful in floating down immense rafts of wood, which find⟳ their way from the town of Antung, at the mouth of the river, to the port of Newchwang, and to Chefoo and Tientsin for the provinces of Shantung and Chihli.”
“But come⟳, Lady, we are too near the mouth of the cavern; let⟳ us seek⟳ its inmost recesses.”
“‘It was called the wickedest street in London and the entrance was just here. I imagine⟳ the mouth of the road lay⟳ between this lamp standard and the second from the next down there.’”
“But why give⟳ a tunnel mouth any decoration whatsoever?”
“My kid sister is a real mouth; she never shuts up.”
“Siobhán, you know⟳ Donna's a mouth.”
“Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives.”
“that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established”
“Counterfeit sad looks, / Make⟳ mouths upon me when I turn⟳ my back.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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