voice box

voice box

n. The larynx.

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

voice′ box`

n. the larynx. [1910–15]

voice box

(vois) See larynx.

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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 speechlarynxglottis - the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generatedorgan of speech, speech organ, vocal organ - any of the organs involved in speech productionarteria laryngea, laryngeal artery - either of two arteries that supply blood to the larynxlaryngeal vein, vena laryngea - one of two veins draining the larynxupper respiratory tract - the nose and throat and tracheaarytaenoid, arytenoid, arytenoid cartilage - either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attachedthyroid cartilage, Adam's apple - the largest cartilage of the larynxplica vocalis, vocal band, vocal cord, vocal fold - either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynxcartilaginous structure - body structure given shape by cartilage

voice box

nounRelated words
technical name larynx
adjective laryngeal

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