 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
vocal
adjective
1: relating to or designed for or using the singing voice;
"vocal technique"; "the vocal repertoire"; "organized
a vocal group to sing his compositions" [ant: {instrumental}]
2: having or using the power to produce speech or sound; "vocal
organs"; "all vocal beings hymned their praise"
3: using the voice in song; "vocal music" [syn: {sung}]
4: given to expressing yourself freely or insistently;
"outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal
assembly" [syn: {outspoken}]
5: using the voice in speech; "vocal communication"; "either
silent or vocal prayers"; "vocal noises" [syn: {spoken}]
6: full of the sound of voices; "a playground vocal with the
shouts and laughter of children"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vocal \Vo"cal\ (v[=o]"kal), adjective [L. vocalis, fr. vox, vocis,
voice: cf. F. vocal. See {Voice}, and cf. {Vowel}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice;
endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.
To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade,
Made vocal by my song. --Milton.
2. Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody;
vocal prayer. ''Vocal worship.'' --Milton.
3. Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, spoken
with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; --
said of certain articulate sounds.
4. (Phon.)
(a) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone
produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either
by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by
obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as
v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng;
sonant; intonated; voiced. See {Voice}, and {Vowel},
also Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 199-202.
(b) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a
vowel; vowel.
{Vocal cords} or {Vocal chords}. n. pl. (Anat.) The two pairs
of mucous membranes that project into the larynx, and
which produce the sounds of speech by vibrating under the
influence of air exhaled from the lungs. See {Larynx}, and
the Note under {Voice}, noun, 1.
{Vocal fremitus} [L. fremitus a dull roaring or murmuring]
(Med.), the perceptible vibration of the chest wall,
produced by the transmission of the sonorous vibrations
during the act of using the voice.
{Vocal music}, music made by the voice, in distinction from
{instrumental music}; hence, music or tunes set to words,
to be performed by the human voice.
{Vocal tube} (Anat.), the part of the air passages above the
inferior ligaments of the larynx, including the passages
through the nose and mouth.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vocal \Vo"cal\ (v[=o]"kal), noun [Cf. F. vocal, LL. vocalis.]
1. (Phon.) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal
element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel
or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished
from a subvocal, and a nonvocal.
2. (R. C. Ch.) A man who has a right to vote in certain
elections.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "vocal":
alto, articulate, articulated, baritone, bass, bravura, choral,
choric, coloratura, dramatic, eloquent, enunciated, expressed,
expressive, falsetto, fluent, free, free-spoken, heroic, hymnal,
intonated, lingual, linguistic, liturgical, lyric, nuncupative,
operatic, oral, outspoken, parol, pronounced, psalmic, psalmodial,
psalmodic, round, sacred, said, singing, smooth-spoken, sonant,
soprano, sounded, speech, spoken, stentorian, tenor, treble,
unwritten, uttered, venting, verbal, viva voce, vocalized, voiced,
voiceful, voicing, vowel, vowellike
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