Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mouthpiece"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mouthpiece \Mouth"piece`\, n.
1. The part of a musical or other instrument to which the
mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a
bugle, or of a tobacco pipe.
2. An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or
vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a
fluid.
3. One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a
spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mouthpiece
n 1: a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person; "the
mouthpiece of a respirator"
2: an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a
person speaks
3: (informal) a spokesperson (as a lawyer) [syn: {mouth}]
4: (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's
mouth [syn: {gumshield}]
5: the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds
in the mouth
6: the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player
blows directly [syn: {embouchure}]
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