noun
- The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.
- usage: "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"
- synonyms: voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, vox
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