noun
- The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge.
- usage: "he stuffed his mouth with candy"
- synonyms: oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris
- The externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening.
- usage: "she wiped lipstick from her mouth"
- An opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge. )
- usage: "he rode into the mouth of the canyon"; "they built a fire at the mouth of the cave"
- The point where a stream issues into a larger body of water.
- usage: "New York is at the mouth of the Hudson"
- A person conceived as a consumer of food.
- usage: "he has four mouths to feed"
- A spokesperson (as a lawyer.
- synonyms: mouthpiece
- An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
- usage: "don't give me any of your sass"
- The opening of a jar or bottle.
- usage: "the jar had a wide mouth"
verb
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