[
UK
/mˈaʊθpiːs/
]
[ US /ˈmaʊθˌpis/ ]
[ US /ˈmaʊθˌpis/ ]
NOUN
- the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth
- (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth
- an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks
- the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
- a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
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a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person
the mouthpiece of a respirator
How To Use mouthpiece In A Sentence
- the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece
- He put his hand over the mouthpiece and called his wife to the phone.
- The developers have their mouthpiece lawyers in the city council meeting every morning while the rest of us are making love or rhyming words… how you gonna fight that?
- The air was delivered from a manual resuscitator or portable volume ventilator via a mouthpiece or nasal interface.
- He became the official mouthpiece of the moderate leadership.
- Remove the mouthpiece cover and place the spacer over the mouthpiece at the end of the inhaler.
- If the characters intermittently come across as embodiments of ideas and author mouthpieces, the performances go far towards humanizing them.
- And only a mouthpiece from a similar background with a similar dearth of experience under fire would consider using those words. Quote of the day
- It is noteworthy that the New York Times, mouthpiece of the liberal wing of the political establishment, was far less restrained in its reaction.
- The newspaper has become the official mouthpiece of the opposition party.