mouthpiece Definition
mouth·piece (-pēs′)
noun
- a part placed at, or forming, a mouth the mouthpiece of a telephone, a pipe, a horse's bit, etc.
- the part of a musical instrument held in or to the mouth
- a person, periodical, etc. used by some other person or persons to express their views, ideas, etc.
- Slang a lawyer who defends criminals
mouthpiece* Synonyms
mouthpiece Usage Examples
Converse of object
- remove: Remove mouthpiece, half fill inhaler with boiling water replace mouthpiece & apply lips to it.
- become: The BBC in particular have become a mouthpiece for Israel.
- use: Gently pressing down on the charcoal, suck in using the mouthpiece.
- have: Has the mouthpiece ever slipped off your regulator during a dive?
- place: I placed the mouthpiece above in a jar containing Hydrogen Peroxide.
- make: The authors of a recent study advocated making a custom mouthpiece.
Preposition: for
- Christianity: We want to provide a forum and a mouthpiece for concerned Christianity in its broadest sense.
- industry: I'm hardly a mouthpiece for the industry, nor am I in any way qualified in the chemical or biological sciences.
- government: These days they're too scared to be anything other than an unofficial mouthpiece for the Government.
Adjective modifier
- mere: Matthew Parris, in Saturdayâs Times, argued that Alan Milburn is a mere mouthpiece for Mr Blair.
- new: In Germany just recently, a couple of musicians had new mouthpieces, and asked me to try them.
- large: Its shape makes it easy to hold and the slightly larger mouthpiece allows the player to produce more notes in the early stages.
- official: BAR UK, the official mouthpiece for the combined airlines, is right in praising this strong possibility.
- small: A small mouthpiece will then be placed between your teeth enabling you to relax your jaws.
- liberal: As a result PBS is frequently lambasted by American conservatives as a left-wing liberal mouthpiece.
Modifies a noun
end: You now need to stop up the mouthpiece end.
Noun used with modifier
- clarinet: Some two hours have passed since I placed the clarinet mouthpiece in the Hydrogen Peroxide.
- regulator: The regulator mouthpiece passed through a hole in the center of the facemask.
- government: The better government mouthpiece you are the more advertising space we will buy.
- brass: Brass Mouthpieces Our selection of mouthpieces keeps growing year by year.
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