voice box

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noun

the larynx.

Origin of voice box

First recorded in 1910–15

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Related Words for voice box

throat, voice, esophagus, larynx, pharynx

Examples from the Web for voice box

Historical Examples of voice box

The air passing through the voice-box strikes against the vocal cords, the tension of which can be varied by the muscles.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition
Vernon L. Kellogg
I will now pass on to the consideration of the voice-box, or larynx, containing the reed portion of the vocal instrument.
The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song
F. W. Mott
Outstanding differences are the normal fore legs, the development of a voice-box in the male, and an ovipositor in the female.
Garden Pests in New Zealand
D. Miller
Two little white bands are stretched across the inside of the voice-box.
First Book in Physiology and Hygiene
J.H. Kellogg
If we eat or drink too fast the voice-box will not have time to close its little door and prevent our being choked.
First Book in Physiology and Hygiene
J.H. Kellogg

British Dictionary definitions for voice box

voice box

noun

another word for the larynx Related adjective: laryngeal

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 in Science

voice box

[vois]

See larynx.