· the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"
Synonym(s): voice, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox
Hypernym(s): communication
· the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
Synonym(s): utterance
Hypernym(s): auditory_communication