voice box

voice box

n.

The larynx.

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voice box

n

1. (Anatomy) another word for the larynx

2. (Instruments) Also called: talkbox an electronic guitar attachment with a tube into the player's mouth to modulate the sound vocally

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voice′ box`

n.

the larynx.

[1910–15]

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voice box

(vois)

See larynx.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

voice box - a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech larynx glottis - the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated organ of speech, speech organ, vocal organ - any of the organs involved in speech production arteria laryngea, laryngeal artery - either of two arteries that supply blood to the larynx laryngeal vein, vena laryngea - one of two veins draining the larynx upper respiratory tract - the nose and throat and trachea arytaenoid, arytenoid, arytenoid cartilage - either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached thyroid cartilage, Adam's apple - the largest cartilage of the larynx plica vocalis, vocal band, vocal cord, vocal fold - either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx cartilaginous structure - body structure given shape by cartilage

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voice box

noun

Related words
technical name larynx
adjective laryngeal

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Translations

voice box

n → Kehlkopf m

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