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Dictionary: mouth·piece   (mouth'pēs') pronunciation
n.
  1. A part, as of a musical instrument or a telephone, that functions in or near the mouth.
  2. Sports. A protective rubber device worn over the teeth, as by boxers.
  3. Informal. One, such as a spokesperson, through which views are expressed.
  4. Slang. A defense lawyer.

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Thesaurus: mouthpiece
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noun

    A person who speaks on behalf of another or others: mouth, speaker, spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman. See substitute.

Music Encyclopedia: Mouthpiece
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The part of a wind instrument that is placed in or against a player's mouth, and which, with the lips or a reed, forms the tone generator. In brass instruments, the bell-shaped mouthpiece has three important internal elements, the cup, the throat and the backbore, which have much influence on the instrument.



Wikipedia: Mouthpiece
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Mouthpiece usually refers to the part of an object which comes near or in contact with one's mouth during use, such as the mouthpiece of a smoking pipe, telephone or musical instrument.

It is also used figuratively and with negative connotations to indicate the role of a spokesperson or mass media venue that is used to perpetuate the views or agenda of another, as in "the newspaper became a mouthpiece for its owner's political views."

Mouthpieces for brass instruments.

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Translations: Mouthpiece
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mundstykke, telefontragt, pibespids, talerør, [sl.] advokat

Nederlands (Dutch)
spreekbuis, mondstuk, tolk, tandbeschermer, sigarettenpijpje

Français (French)
n. - organe, bout filtre, bec, embouchure (d'un instrument à musique), microphone, embout, porte-parole, (fig) organe (d'un journal)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sprachrohr, Sprechmuschel, Mundstück

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επιστόμιο μουσικού οργάνου, μικρόφωνο τηλεφώνου, (μτφ.) φερέφωνο, όργανο

Italiano (Italian)
portavoce, cornetta, bocchino, imboccatura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bocal (m), embocadura (f), porta-voz (m)

Русский (Russian)
мундштук, рупор, микрофон, оратор

Español (Spanish)
n. - portavoz, receptor, boquilla, embocadura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - munstycke, bett (på betsel), tandskydd, (telefon)lur, språkrör, advokat

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
吹口, 口, 送话口, 护齿套

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 吹口, 口, 送話口, 護齒套

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 주둥이, 꼭지, 송화구

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 歌口, 口にくわえる部分, 口金, はみ, マウスピース, 送話口, 代弁者, 公報

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فم, طبله السماعه, فوهه, الناطق بلسان كذا, طبله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פה, פומית, שופר, דובר מטעם, ביטאון, פרקליט-פושעים‬


 
 

 

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