MOUTHPIECE

Pronunciation (US):

• MOUTHPIECE (noun)
  The noun MOUTHPIECE has 6 senses:

1. a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person
2. an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks
3. a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
4. (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth
5. the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth
6. the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly

  Familiarity information: MOUTHPIECE used as a noun is common.

• MOUTHPIECE (noun)

Meaning:

A part that goes over or into the mouth of a person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the mouthpiece of a respirator

Hypernyms ("mouthpiece" is a kind of...):

aperture (an man-made opening; usually small)

Holonyms ("mouthpiece" is a part of...):

inhalator; respirator (a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration)

Meaning:

An acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mouthpiece" is a kind of...):

acoustic device (a device for amplifying or transmitting sound)

Holonyms ("mouthpiece" is a part of...):

phone; telephone; telephone set (electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds)

Meaning:

A spokesperson (as a lawyer)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

mouthpiece; mouth

Hypernyms ("mouthpiece" is a kind of...):

interpreter; representative; spokesperson; voice (an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Meaning:

(especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gumshield; mouthpiece

Hypernyms ("mouthpiece" is a kind of...):

sports equipment (equipment needed to participate in a particular sport)

Domain category:

boxing; fisticuffs; pugilism (fighting with the fists)

Meaning:

The tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mouthpiece" is a kind of...):

tube; tubing (conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases)

Holonyms ("mouthpiece" is a part of...):

cigarette holder (a tube that holds a cigarette while it is being smoked)

pipe; tobacco pipe (a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco)

Meaning:

The aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

embouchure; mouthpiece

Hypernyms ("mouthpiece" is a kind of...):

aperture (an man-made opening; usually small)

Holonyms ("mouthpiece" is a part of...):

wind; wind instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath)