Meaning

noun the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge

noun the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening

noun an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge)

originFrom Middle English mouth, from Old English mūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ment- (“to chew; jaw, mouth”). Cognate with Scots mooth (“mouth”), North Frisian mös, müs, Mür (“mouth”), West Frisian mûn (“mouth”), Dutch mond (“mouth”), muide (“river mouth”) and mui (“riptide”), German Mund (“mouth”), Luxembourgish Mond (“mouth”),…

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