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Meanings of mouthpiece in English

Spanish
portavoz

A spokesperson (as a lawyer)

portavoz
Catalan
protector bucal
Spanish
protector bucal

(Especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth.

protector bucal
Catalan
embocadura
Spanish
boquilla

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

embocadura
Synonyms
Examples for "embouchure"
Examples for "embouchure"
1
A concerned listener once asked: Why not take clarinet lessons to improve your embouchure?'
The Guardian
2
The breath is projected into the embouchure with modulated force.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula
3
He delivers it with an open embouchure, head thrown back.
The new yorker
4
This we were informed was the embouchure of the Somerset river from the Victoria N'yanza.
The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, And Explorations of...
5
The width of its embouchure suggests an Asiatic rival of the Amazon and La Plata.
The Awakening of China
Usage of mouthpiece in English
1
And he would be the favored mouthpiece of the God of Israel.
Mystic Christianity; Or, The Inner Teachings of the Master
2
But the China Daily newspaper, a Communist Party mouthpiece, blamed overspending Americans.
Reuters
3
Israel Hayom is widely seen in Israel as being a Netanyahu mouthpiece.
Reuters
4
It has become the principle mouthpiece for al Qaeda affiliates in Iraq.
Reuters
5
There was a clear plastic box on the mouthpiece of this phone.
Thanks For The Memories… The Truth Has Set Me Free!
6
The Kuran thus became more important as the mouthpiece of his exhortations.
Mahomet, Founder of Islam
7
She had been drilled to act as the mouthpiece of the opposition.
The Valley of Decision
8
I tremble greatly, and the telephonic mouthpiece rattles as I replace it.
A Modern Utopia
9
Avery covered the mouthpiece of the phone so his parents wouldn't hear.
The next to die
10
This last stood smoking a cigarette in an amber or mock-amber mouthpiece.
Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
11
Putting a hand over the mouthpiece, she told Mattie, Warren's coming over.
The lake
12
The sporting press are not breeders, but are the mouthpiece of prejudices.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887
13
She put her lips again to the mouthpiece and added a postscript.
The Lookout Man
14
He was also absent from photos released by party mouthpiece Rodong Sinmun.
Reuters
15
And the midshipman, making himself the mouthpiece of them all, cried out-
The Moon-Voyage
16
He spoke low, like a conspirator, into the mouthpiece of the tube.
Hilda Lessways
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Mouthpiece through the time
Mouthpiece across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common