voice box

American  

noun

1. the larynx.

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voice box British  

noun

1. another word for the larynx

2. Also called: talkbox.  an electronic guitar attachment with a tube into the player's mouth to modulate the sound vocally

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voice box Scientific  

/ vois /

1. See larynx

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Etymology

Origin of voice box

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

I took a deep breath, filled my stomach up with air, and then made my muscles squeeze it out, so it pushed a big gust of wind over my voice box and out my mouth.

From Literature

The mother of two has idiopathic laryngotracheal stenosis, a rare condition that affects one in 500,000 women and causes abnormal narrowing of the voice box and windpipe.

From BBC

“That was Lady, my taxidermied cat with a broken voice box. Funny, right?”

From The Wall Street Journal

The procedures forced him to use a voice box to speak, and in the 2022 film, he types on a screen to communicate with Cruise's character.

From BBC

Val, which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, features 40 years of home recordings, including him speaking with a voice box post-cancer surgery.

From BBC