mouthpiece

«mouthpiece» in Mova's school dictionary: The part of a musical instrument, phone or other device… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a mouthpiece, mouthpieces)

meaning for a pupil

1) The part of a musical instrument, phone or other device that you put to or near your mouth. tree →

2) A soft guard worn in the mouth to protect the teeth in sports (also «mouthguard»). tree →

3) A person who speaks for someone else. tree →

sense in the lessons

In music lessons: a recorder, trumpet, clarinet or flute has a mouthpiece that you blow into; clean it to keep germs away. In sport and safety: in rugby, boxing and hockey players wear a mouthpiece or mouthguard. In news: a newspaper can be «the mouthpiece» of a party.

examples

• Blow gently into the mouthpiece of the recorder. tree →
• Clean the mouthpiece of your trumpet after practice. tree →
• Rugby players wear a mouthpiece to protect their teeth. tree →
• Speak into the mouthpiece of the old telephone. tree →
• The snorkel has a rubber mouthpiece. tree →
• Don't share your mouthpiece with others. tree →
• They have requested me, Madam, to be their mouthpiece." tree →

note

One word: mouthpiece. Countable. For sports, «mouthguard» is the more common word. Sharing mouthpieces can spread germs.

In the corpora

• Brass players buzz their lips into the mouthpiece; blowing without buzzing gives just a hiss.
• Brass players buzz their lips into the mouthpiece; the trumpet, trombone, horn and tuba are brass.
• Mouthpieces of trumpets and recorders are cleaned and not shared without cleaning, because germs pass between mouths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mouthpiece» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.