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Article: mouth
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mouth
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n.
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mou[unvoicedth]
/
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pl.
mouths
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mou[voicedth]z; mou[unvoicedth]s
/ )
1.
the opening in the lower part of the human face, surrounded by the lips, through which food is taken in and from which speech and other sounds are emitted.
∎
the cavity behind this, containing the teeth and tongue.
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the corresponding opening through which an animal takes in food (at the front of the head in vertebrates and many other creatures), or the cavity behind this.
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a horse's readiness to feel and obey the pressure of the bit in its mouth:
the horse had a
hard mouth
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the character or quality of a ...
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