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windpipe
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun windpipe has 1 sense
- windpipe(n = noun.body) trachea - membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi; Array has parts: epiglottis
is a part of upper respiratory tract, cervix, neck
is a kind of cartilaginous tube
CIDE DICTIONARY
windpipe, n.
The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
windpipe
Airpipe
N airpipe, air pipe, air tube, airhole, blowhole, breathinghole, venthole, shaft, flue, chimney, funnel, vent, nostril, nozzle, throat, weasand, trachea, bronchus, bronchia, larynx, tonsils, windpipe, spiracle, ventiduct, ventilator, louvre, jalousie, Venetian blinds, blowpipe, pipe, jhilmil, smokestack, screen, window screen, ' artificial lung, iron lung, heart and lung machine.
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