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

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

"I've never heard his voice because you need air to pass through the voice box but the hole in his neck for the ventilator is below that," Teena said.

From BBC