mouth
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
How often you will meet it
Rank 605 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 31,919 times across 191,625 chapters — 0.015% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge also: oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris he stuffed his mouth with candy
- the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening she wiped lipstick from her mouth
- an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge) he rode into the mouth of the canyonthey built a fire at the mouth of the cave
- the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water New York is at the mouth of the Hudson
- a person conceived as a consumer of food he has four mouths to feed
- a spokesperson (as a lawyer) also: mouthpiece
mouth in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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My tongue clove to the roof of my mouth.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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A city at the mouth of the Tiber, fifteen miles from Rome.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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John looked down upon the delicately-tinted face, the small, regular, girlish features, the red, quivering mouth.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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But the boy looked amazed: "Me kill him!" says he, "he eat me at one mouth:" meaning one mouthful.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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At the mouth of each creek the river made a great bend, and in the sweep of each were rich bottom lands.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1