voice box
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3.7
- noun
- /vɔɪs bɑks/
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caja de voz
- A blow like that can change the whole structure of the voice box.
- voice box, or larynx
- Cancer of the voice box
- voice box removed
OK, So in general, men have a larger voice box or larynx.
- OK, So in general, men have a larger voice box or larynx.
- It's one of the cranial nerves which goes from the brain and the end organ is that it supplies is the voice box the the larynx.
- And over the course of today, I've noticed I can feel the strain on my voice box.
- So what had happened was they hit the wrong nerve bundle and it paralyzed my throat, my voice box, my tongue and my right lung.
- I think it's like a structural thing for your voice box.
Examples
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So how exactly does our voice box work, and what causes these shifts in speech?
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Tell her the voice box sounds good.
Fiction book (1999) -
And look at that, you have a voice box like me.
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You can have your voice box back.
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His voice box was crushed when he was a kid.
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OK, So in general, men have a larger voice box or larynx.
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They just took my voice box out.
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After all that shouting and of coughing, I practically ruined my voice box.
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First, if you try to talk, your voice is very low, which I don't know why, but I think it's because the butane makes your voice box so cold, and your voice box needs to be a little bit hot to form more high-pitched noises with the cords it has inside it.
Fiction book (2002) -
After his accident, doctors had to reconstruct his voice box to help him speak again.
Synonyms
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6.1
The hollow part in the throat that holds the vocal cords and helps you speak
How Processed
Surface Forms
Morphology
voice + box
The compound 'voice box' is transparently compositional: 'voice' (sound produced by speaking) + 'box' (a container or structure) readily suggests a structure related to producing voice. This functional naming of a body part is predictable and a B1 learner who knows both words would likely infer it refers to the organ in the throat that produces sound (the larynx).
Etymology
The name voice box comes from a simple image: people pictured the part of the throat that makes voice as a small box that holds 'sound'. So today voice box means the part in your throat that helps you 'speak'.