MOUTHPIECE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mouthpiece mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOUTHPIECE (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A spokesperson (as a lawyer)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

mouth; mouthpiece

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)

Sense 4

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)

Sense 5

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)

Sense 6

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 bellows or the human breath)

 Context examples 

I wonder how many real amber mouthpieces there are in London.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is then inhaled through a flexible tube with a mouthpiece.

(Hookah, NCI Dictionary)

“I am the law of England and the mouthpiece of his most gracious and royal majesty, Edward the Third.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The part of a telephone that has the earpiece and mouthpiece and is designed to be held in the hand.

(Handset Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A device consisting of a mouthpiece and a thin, plastic cartridge that contains nicotine plug and delivers nicotine in a vapor that is absorbed in the mouth.

(Nicotine inhaler, NCI Thesaurus)

As it relates to tobacco use, a device that has a mouthpiece at one end of a tube and a small bowl at the other end that is filled with tobacco, which is lit and smoked.

(Pipe, NCI Dictionary)

They are the popular mouthpieces.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A vow to the saints, cried Alleyne, is indeed not to be set aside; but this is a devil's vow, and, simple clerk as I am, I am yet the mouthpiece of the true church when I say that it were mortal sin to fight on such a quarrel.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"The master's body!" roared the butler into the mouthpiece. "I'm sorry, madame, but we can't furnish it—it's far too hot to touch this noon!"

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)