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Meaning of mouth | Babel Free

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

Afrikaans mond
አማርኛ አፍ
العربية الفمّ بق بوز تم حلج فَا فم مصب
Azərbaycanca ağız
Беларуская ву́сны рот
Български вход отвор уста
বাংলা মুখ মোহানা
བོད་སྐད
Cymraeg aber ceg
Dansk kæft mund
Eesti suu
Euskara aho
Vosa Vakaviti gusu
Gaeilge béal
Gàidhlig beul bus cab craos gob
Galego boca buso fociño foz peteiro
ગુજરાતી મુખ મોં
Hausa baki
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi waha
עברית פה
Հայերեն բերան երախ
Bahasa Indonesia arang bermulut cecongor kuala muara mulut
Igbo onu
Íslenska munnur op
Italiano bocca foce imboccatura imbocco
日本語 マウス 河口
ქართული პირი
Қазақша ауыз
ខ្មែរ ម៉ាត់ មុខ
ಕನ್ನಡ ಬಾಯಿ
Kurdî af aho bemba enû enû may oral
Кыргызча ооз
Latina magulum os ostium
Lëtzebuergesch Mond
Lingála monoko monɔkɔ
ລາວ ປາກ
Lietuvių burna
Latviešu atvere grīva leja mute
Malagasy vava
Te Reo Māori kōngutu ngutu waha whara
Македонски отвор уста
മലയാളം വായ
Монгол ам
मराठी तोंड मुख
Bahasa Melayu muara mulut
Malti fomm ħalq
မြန်မာဘာသာ ပါးစပ် မြစ်ပေါက်
नेपाली मुख
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ମୁଖ
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ مکھ ਮੁਖ ਮੂੰਹ
پښتو خوله
Português boca embocadura entrada foz orifício
Ikinyarwanda umunwa
سنڌي ٻوٿ مک
සිංහල කට
Slovenčina ústa
Slovenščina usta ustje
ChiShona muromo
Soomaali af
Shqip gojë
Sesotho molomo
Svenska mun mynning
Kiswahili kinywa mdomo
தமிழ் வாய்
తెలుగు నోరు
Тоҷикӣ даҳон
ትግርኛ አፍ
Türkmençe agyz
Tagalog bibig bunganga
Setswana molomo
Türkçe ağız
ئۇيغۇرچە ئېغىز
اردو مکھ منہ
Oʻzbekcha ogʻiz
Tiếng Việt miểng miệng mom
Wolof gémmiñ
IsiXhosa umlomo
Yorùbá ẹnu
中文 зуй ку 嘴巴 河口
ZH-TW 嘴巴 河口
IsiZulu umlomo

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.
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