windpipe
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈwɪndˌpaɪp/
:
tráquea
- Now each of us has, at the top of our windpipe or trachea, a complex structure called the larynx, or voice box.
- crushed windpipe
- closed windpipe
- severed windpipe
Bob Aronson told me that, that I had the windpipe of a large, large cat.
- Bob Aronson told me that, that I had the windpipe of a large, large cat.
- Newborn babies can't drown because their windpipes close in response to being submerged.
- But but he's he's fucking windpipe out his his neck.
- And when he, his windpipe was tight, he was, you know, he had that tight pipe on him.
Examples
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The air was so cold that inhaling it made my windpipe ache.
Fiction book (1990) -
My fingers found a regular pulse alongside her windpipe, and I saw that she was breathing without difficulty.
Blog text (24) -
Newborn babies can't drown because their windpipes close in response to being submerged.
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Doctors surgically implanted a tracheotomy tube in her windpipe today to help her breathe.
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When you snore, tissues in your throat vibrate and can block your windpipe, temporarily stopping your breathing.
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Newborn babies can't drown because their windpipes close in response to being submerged.
Synonyms
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2.9
A passage in the body that carries air to and from the lungs
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4.6
The tube in the throat with rings that carries air to the lungs
The tube in the throat that carries air to the lungs
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Windpipe comes from two old words: wind meaning 'air' and pipe meaning 'tube'. So a windpipe is a 'tube for air' that carries breath to the lungs.