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mouth

Noun feminine CEFR A2 Common
maʊθ

Definitions

  1. The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
  2. mouth, oral cavity
  3. entrance, opening
  4. 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.
  5. estuary
  6. An outlet, aperture or orifice.
  7. A loud or overly talkative person.
  8. A gossip.
  9. The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
  10. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
  11. Speech; language; testimony.
  12. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

Equivalents

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Afrikaansmond
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Беларускаяву́снырот
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བོད་སྐད།
Cymraegaberceg
Eestisuu
Euskaraaho
Vosa Vakavitigusu
Gaeilgebéal
Gàidhligbeulbuscabcraosgob
ગુજરાતીમુખમોં
Hausabaki
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻiwaha
עבריתפה
Հայերենբերաներախ
Bahasa Indonesiaarangbermulutcecongorkualamuaramulut
Igboonu
Íslenskamunnurop
ქართულიპირი
Қазақ тіліауыз
ភាសាខ្មែរម៉ាត់មុខ
ಕನ್ನಡಬಾಯಿ
Kurdîafahobembaenûmayoral
Кыргызчаооз
LëtzebuergeschMond
ລາວປາກ
Lietuviųburna
Latviešuatveregrīvalejamute
Malagasyvava
Te Reo Māorikōngutungutuwahawhara
Македонскиотворуста
മലയാളംവായ
Монголам
मराठीतोंडमुख
Bahasa Melayumuaramulut
नेपालीमुख
ଓଡ଼ିଆମୁଖ
ਪੰਜਾਬੀمکھਮੁਖਮੂੰਹ
پښتوخوله
Ikinyarwandaumunwa
سنڌيٻوٿمک
සිංහලකට
Slovenčinaústa
Slovenščinaustaustje
ChiShonamuromo
Soomaaliaf
Shqipgojë
Sesothomolomo
Svenskamunmynning
Kiswahilikinywamdomo
தமிழ்வாய்
తెలుగునోరు
Тоҷикӣдаҳон
ትግርኛአፍ
Türkmençeagyz
Setswanamolomo
Türkçeağız
ئۇيغۇرچەئېغىز
اردومکھمنہ
O'zbekchaogʻiz
Tiếng Việtmiểngmiệngmom
isiXhosaumlomo
Yorùbáẹnu
繁體中文嘴巴河口
isiZuluumlomo

Examples

“"Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor.”
“I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoopAhoy!” andHello!” 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!” andHello!” 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.
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