mouthnoun
uk/maʊθ/us/maʊθ/mouth noun (BODY PART)
A1 [ C ] the opening in the face of a person or animal, consisting of the lips and the space between them, or the space behind containing the teeth and the tongue:
Open your mouth wide and say "Ah".
You shouldn't put so much food in your mouth at once.
More examples
- He put a grape into his mouth and swallowed it whole.
- It's not polite to talk with your mouth full.
- She gave him a great big kiss on the mouth.
- She punched him in the mouth and two of his teeth came out.
- She clapped her hand over her mouth to try to stop herself from laughing.
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The mouth & throat
- airway
- alveolar
- alveolar ridge
- buccal
- buccinator
- cricothyroid
- epiglottis
- glottis
- gummy
- larynx
- mandibular
- mylohyoid
- orbicularis
- palate
- palatine
- salivary duct
- taste buds
- trout pout
- vocal cords
- windpipe
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mouth noun (OPENING)
C1 [ C usually singular ] the opening of a narrow container, the opening of a hole or cave, or the place where a river flows into the sea:
Quebec is at the mouth of the St Lawrence River.
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Holes, hollows and dips
- aperture
- cleft
- cranny
- dent
- depression
- dint
- dip
- donga
- eyehole
- intake
- orifice
- perforation
- piercing
- pinhole
- porosity
- porous
- puncture
- riddled
- tear 1
- wormhole
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Parts of watercourses
Idiom(s)
be all mouth
be down in the mouth
keep your mouth shut
make sb's mouth water
a mouth to feed
out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings)
mouthverb [ T ]
uk/maʊð/us/maʊð/to form words with the lips without making any sound:
It looks to me as if the singers are only mouthing the words .
[ + speech ] "Can we go?" mouthed Mary.
to say something in a way that is not sincere:
I don't want to stand here listening to you mouthing apologies.
See also
bad-mouth
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Saying & uttering
- (your) every word idiom
- add
- come
- come out with sth
- every
- fall
- find your voice idiom
- floor
- get sth in
- in words of one syllable idiom
- in your own words idiom
- misspeak
- phrase
- speak
- string
- text
- think
- use
- utterance
- volunteer
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Phrasal verb(s)
mouth off (about sth)
mouth off (to/at sb)