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    VOCALISATION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tractplay

    Example:

    the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations

    Synonyms:

    phonation; vocalisation; vocalism; vocalization; voice; vox

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("vocalisation" is a kind of...):

    communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vocalisation"):

    singing voice (the musical quality of the voice while singing)

    sprechgesang; sprechstimme (a style of dramatic vocalization between singing and speaking)

    voice over (the voice on an unseen commentator in a film of television program)

    Derivation:

    vocalise (utter with vibrating vocal chords)

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