Found 4 hits - Term: vocal, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vocal \vo"cal\ v=o"kal, a. l. vocalis, fr. vox, vocis,
voice: cf. f. vocal. see voice, and cf. vowel.
1. of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice;
endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.
1913 webster
to hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade,
made vocal by my song. --milton.
1913 webster
2. uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody;
vocal prayer. "vocal worship." --milton.
1913 webster
3. of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, spoken
with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; --
said of certain articulate sounds.
1913 webster
4. phon.
a consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone
produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either
by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by
obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as
v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng;
sonant; intonated; voiced. see voice, and vowel,
also guide to pronunciation, sectsect 199-202.
b of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a
vowel; vowel.
1913 webster
vocal cords or vocal chords. n. pl. anat. the two pairs
of mucous membranes that project into the larynx, and
which produce the sounds of speech by vibrating under the
influence of air exhaled from the lungs. see larynx, and
the note under voice, n., 1.
vocal fremitus l. fremitus a dull roaring or murmuring
med., the perceptible vibration of the chest wall,
produced by the transmission of the sonorous vibrations
during the act of using the voice.
vocal music, music made by the voice, in distinction from
instrumental music; hence, music or tunes set to words,
to be performed by the human voice.
vocal tube anat., the part of the air passages above the
inferior ligaments of the larynx, including the passages
through the nose and mouth.
1913 webster
see also:
voice vowel vocal cords vocal chords larynx vocal fremitus
vocal music instrumental music vocal tube
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vocal \vo"cal\ v=o"kal, n. cf. f. vocal, ll. vocalis.
1913 webster
1. phon. a vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal
element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel
or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished
from a subvocal, and a nonvocal.
1913 webster
2. r. c. ch. a man who has a right to vote in certain
elections.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
vocal
adj 1: relating to or designed for or using the singing voice;
"vocal technique"; "the vocal repertoire"; "organized
a vocal group to sing his compositions" ant: instrumental
2: having or using the power to produce speech or sound; "vocal
organs"; "all vocal beings hymned their praise"
3: using the voice in song; "vocal music" syn: sung
4: given to expressing yourself freely or insistently;
"outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal
assembly" syn: outspoken
5: using the voice in speech; "vocal communication"; "either
silent or vocal prayers"; "vocal noises" syn: spoken
6: full of the sound of voices; "a playground vocal with the
shouts and laughter of children"
see also:
instrumental sung outspoken spoken
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
58 moby thesaurus words for "vocal":
alto, articulate, articulated, baritone, bass, bravura, choral,
choric, coloratura, dramatic, eloquent, enunciated, expressed,
expressive, falsetto, fluent, free, free-spoken, heroic, hymnal,
intonated, lingual, linguistic, liturgical, lyric, nuncupative,
operatic, oral, outspoken, parol, pronounced, psalmic, psalmodial,
psalmodic, round, sacred, said, singing, smooth-spoken, sonant,
soprano, sounded, speech, spoken, stentorian, tenor, treble,
unwritten, uttered, venting, verbal, viva voce, vocalized, voiced,
voiceful, voicing, vowel, vowellike
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