mouth

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the opening of a jar or bottle

   the jar had a wide mouth

2. 2
   noun

   the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening

   I wiped lipstick from my mouth.

3. 3
   noun

   the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge

   They stuffed their mouth with candy.

4. 4
   noun

   the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water

   New York is at the mouth of the Hudson

5. 5
   noun

   an opening that resembles a mouth, as of a cave or a gorge

   We rode into the mouth of the canyon.

6. 6
   noun

   a person conceived as a consumer of food

   They have four mouths to feed.

7. 7
   noun

   The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.

   "Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor.

8. 8
   noun

   The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.

   The mouth of the river is a good place to go birdwatching in spring and autumn.

Etymology

From Middle English mouth, from Old English mūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ment- (“to chew; jaw, mouth”). Cognate with Scots mooth (“mouth”), North Frisian mös, müs, Mür (“mouth”), West Frisian mûn (“mouth”), Dutch mond (“mouth”), muide (“river mouth”) and mui (“riptide”), German Mund (“mouth”), Luxembourgish Mond (“mouth”), Danish mund (“mouth”), Faroese muður, munnur (“mouth”), Icelandic munnur (“mouth”), Swedish mun (“mouth”), Norwegian munn (“mouth”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs, “mouth”), Latin mentum (“chin”) and mandō (“to c…