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# mouthpiece

«mouthpiece» in Mova's school dictionary: **The part of a musical instrument, phone or other device…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a mouthpiece, mouthpieces)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The part of a musical instrument, phone or other device that you put to or near your mouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpiece/#m1)

2) A soft guard worn in the mouth to protect the teeth in sports (also «mouthguard»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpiece/#m2)

3) A person who speaks for someone else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpiece/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons: a recorder, trumpet, clarinet or flute has a mouthpiece that you blow into; clean it to keep germs away. In sport and safety: in rugby, boxing and hockey players wear a mouthpiece or mouthguard. In news: a newspaper can be «the mouthpiece» of a party.

### examples

- Blow gently into the mouthpiece of the recorder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpiece/#x1)
- Clean the mouthpiece of your trumpet after practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpiece/#x2)
- Rugby players wear a mouthpiece to protect their teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpiece/#x3)
- Speak into the mouthpiece of the old telephone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpiece/#x4)
- The snorkel has a rubber mouthpiece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpiece/#x5)
- Don't share your mouthpiece with others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpiece/#x6)
- They have requested me, Madam, to be their mouthpiece." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpiece/#x7)

### note

One word: mouthpiece. Countable. For sports, «mouthguard» is the more common word. Sharing mouthpieces can spread germs.

### In the corpora

- [Brass players buzz their lips into the mouthpiece; blowing without buzzing gives just a hiss.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys/8/)
- [Brass players buzz their lips into the mouthpiece; the trumpet, trombone, horn and tuba are brass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/41-olympiad-music-puzzles/9/)
- [Mouthpieces of trumpets and recorders are cleaned and not shared without cleaning, because germs pass between mouths.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/246-music-practice-and-ball-safety/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mouthpiece» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouthpiece/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.