vocal

«vocal» in Mova's school dictionary: about the voice or using the voice — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (vocal, more vocal); noun (vocals)

meaning for a pupil

1) Vocal means about the voice or using the voice. tree →

2) A vocal person speaks out strongly and often. tree →

3) Vocals are the singing parts of a song. tree →

4) Vocal can also mean making a sound, like a noisy river. tree →

sense in the lessons

In music lessons, vocals are singing. In science, vocal cords make your voice. In news, vocal people speak out. Phrases: vocal cords, vocal about, lead vocals.

examples

• Your vocal cords make sounds. tree →
• She is very vocal about saving animals. tree →
• He sang the lead vocals. tree →
• The choir did vocal warm-ups. tree →
• The crowd was vocal in support. tree →
• Parrots are vocal birds. tree →
• From these vocal rivers we will now turn to that elementary force by which in winter they are often rendered mute. tree →

note

Adjective; noun usually plural (vocals). Spelled «vocal cords», not «chords».

In the corpora

• Every sound starts with something wobbling very fast: a guitar string, a drum skin, or the vocal cords in your throat.

Trees and pragmatics

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