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mouth
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- pronunciation:
- maUth
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
Your mouth is the part of your body that you put food into and where you chew food. You also speak and breathe through your mouth.
This sandwich is so big that I have to open my mouth really wide to take a bite.
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| definition 2: |
A mouth is an opening into a cave or other hole.
The mouth of the cave is quite big but soon the cave becomes like a narrow tunnel.
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| definition 3: |
The place where a river flows into an ocean, a sea, or into a big lake is called the mouth of that river. The mouth is where the river ends, because the water of the river becomes part of the bigger body of water.
The Nile River and the Amazon River are the two longest rivers in the world. The mouth of the Nile River joins the river to the Mediterranean Sea. The mouth of the Amazon River joins it to the Atlantic Ocean. |
| related words: |
gulf, leak |
| derivation: |
mouthless (adj.) |
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