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PRONUNCIATION OF WINDPIPE

windpipe  [ˈwɪndˌpaɪp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WINDPIPE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Windpipe is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WINDPIPE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

windpipe

Trachea

The trachea, colloquially called windpipe, is a tube that connects the pharynx and larynx to the lungs, allowing the passage of air, and so is present in all air-breathing animals with lungs. Only in the lungfish, where the lung is connected to the pharynx and the trachea, is it absent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WINDPIPE


bagpipe
ˈbæɡˌpaɪp
blowpipe
ˈbləʊˌpaɪp
cornpipe
ˈkɔːnˌpaɪp
downpipe
ˈdaʊnˌpaɪp
drainpipe
ˈdreɪnˌpaɪp
feedpipe
ˈfiːdpaɪp
hawsepipe
ˈhɔːzˌpaɪp
hornpipe
ˈhɔːnˌpaɪp
hosepipe
ˈhəʊzˌpaɪp
liripipe
ˈlɪrɪˌpaɪp
pipe
paɪp
ronepipe
ˈrəʊnˌpaɪp
standpipe
ˈstændˌpaɪp
stovepipe
ˈstəʊvˌpaɪp
tailpipe
ˈteɪlˌpaɪp
wincopipe
ˈwɪnkəʊˌpaɪp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WINDPIPE

window-dressing
window-shop
window-shopped
window-shopper
window-shopping
windowless
windowpane
windows
windowsill
windowy
windproof
windrow
windrower
windsail
Windscale
windscreen
windscreen washer
windscreen wiper
windshield
windshield wiper

WORDS THAT END LIKE WINDPIPE

clay pipe
corncob pipe
drill pipe
flue pipe
gas pipe
half-pipe
Indian pipe
inlet pipe
jet pipe
lead pipe
organ pipe
outlet pipe
overflow pipe
peace pipe
pitch pipe
reed pipe
sewage pipe
soil pipe
waste pipe
water pipe

Synonyms and antonyms of windpipe in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WINDPIPE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «windpipe» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of windpipe

Translation of «windpipe» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WINDPIPE

Find out the translation of windpipe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of windpipe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «windpipe» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

气管
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tráquea
570 millions of speakers

English

windpipe
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सांस की नली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القصبة الهوائية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дыхательное горло
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

traquéia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্বাসনালী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trachée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tenggorokan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Luftröhre
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

気管
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기관지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Windpipe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khí quản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுவாசக் குழாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वारापाइप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nefes borusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trachea
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tchawica
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дихальне горло
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

traheea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τραχεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lugpyp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

luftrör
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

luftrør
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of windpipe

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WINDPIPE»

The term «windpipe» is regularly used and occupies the 104.443 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WINDPIPE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about windpipe

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WINDPIPE»

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1
The anatomy and physiology of the human body
Its horns extend along the sides of the throat, keeping the openings of the windpipe and gullet extended, as we would keep a bag extended by two fingers. The chief muscles of the tongue and of the windpipe arise from its body ; the chief  ...
John Bell, Sir Charles Bell, John Davidson Godman, 1827
2
Irritative dyspepsia and its important connection with ...
Even a few drops of pure water entering the windpipe (' going the wrong way,') will create a violent expulsive effort. Now the state of things which I have described may lie dormant for years, and the tubercles remain quiescent and passive, ...
Charles Bodenham Garrett, 1868
3
Biology
Air passes from the nose cavity across the throat and into a little hole called the glottis which leads to the windpipe (trachea). You cannot breathe and swallow at the same time. When you swallow, the breathing pathway is closed off so food ...
Michael Roberts, Neil Ingram, 2001
4
Priscian: On Theophrastus on Sense-Perception with ...
150,1 5 10 15 20 25 30 little and sets in motion all together the air that is breathed and with it strikes the air that remains in the windpipe and the windpipe itself with a significatory purpose,155 and this produces voice, which simply is such a ...
C.E.W. Steel, 2014
5
Mikhail Bulgakov: A Critical Biography
fact that the first to appear, 'The Steel Windpipe', was published separately from the others. This explains the problem, first noted by Yanovskaya, that editors have to decide which story opens the collection, for there are two of them with equal ...
Lesley Milne, 1990
6
Breathing Flesh: Conceptions of the Body in the Ancient ...
2.6.6 Windpipe ( , HtytHtytHtytHtyt) 865 This term is one of the more frequently occurring among the ones treated in this section. The most common image- schematic structure connected to this body part is the CONTAINER schema. This is ...
Rune Nyord, 2009
7
How the Halakhah Unfolds: Hullin in the Mishnah, Tosefta, ...
This teaches us that Moses was commanded concerning [the requirement to slaughter by cutting] the gullet and the windpipe [and the requirement to slaughter] the majority of one organ for a bird and the majority of two organs for a beast.
Tzvee Zahavy, Jacob Neusner, 2010
8
How the Halakhah Unfolds: Hullin in the Mishnah, Tosefta, ...
AuGHTERs CUTS oNE oRGAN, EITHER THE WINDPIPE on THE GULLET IN THE mm or FOWL, oR Two BOTH THE WINDPIPE AND THE GULLET IN THE cAsE or A BEAST — HIs AcT or SLAUGHTER Is VALID. I. “:1: He who slaughters cuts ...
Jacob Neusner, Tzvee Zahavy, 2010
9
The Edinburgh encyclopaedia
The Larynx, properly speaking, is the organ of voice: it is the part which forms the top of the windpipe, is placed at the root of the tongue, and presents its orifice towards the posterior openings of the chambers of the nose, with which and the ...
Sir David Brewster, 1832
10
Encyclopedia Talmudica
Their Dependence on the Windpipe and the Esophagus. 3. Trefoth. 4. Salting. 5. Inferiority and Loathsomeness. 1 . Definition. In the Mishnah and Baraitha all the internal organs, including the lung* (Rey'ah*), heart* (Leb*) and liver* (Kabed*) ...
Yad Ha-Rav Herzog Institute Staff, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WINDPIPE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term windpipe is used in the context of the following news items.
1
3D windpipe 'saves children's lives'
Three babies have been saved from a life-threatening condition by using 3D printed windpipe splints to help them breathe, a pilot study reveals. The patients ... «BBC News, May 15»
2
Cambridgeshire biker's windpipe almost severed by rope strung …
A father has made a desperate plea for information as his teenage son lies in a coma after his windpipe was almost severed by a rope strung between two trees. «Daily Mail, May 15»
3
Woman died after windpipe ruptured during medical procedure at …
A PENSIONER died after her windpipe ruptured during a medical procedure, a court heard yesterday. Violet Astles underwent an endoscopic retrograde ... «Lancashire Telegraph, Mar 15»
4
TIP students create 3D printed artificial windpipe
Students from the Technological Institute of the Philippines - Manila showcase their bioreactor for creating an artificial trachea (windpipe) using 3D printing ... «GMA News, Feb 15»
5
Scientists Can 3-D Print a New Windpipe on a $2500 Desktop …
Scientists Can 3-D Print a New Windpipe on a $2,500 Desktop Machine. Today's Most Read. 11 Pieces of Rebel Advice That Will Catapult Your Startup Success ... «Entrepreneur, Jan 15»
6
AIIMS doctors repair rupture in windpipe, foodpipe
An 18-year-old youth, who suffered a grievous injury in his windpipe and foodpipe that created disruption in breathing and swallowing, underwent a complex ... «Business Standard, Jan 15»
7
Baby Thrives Once 3-D-Printed Windpipe Helps Him Breathe
Garrett Peterson was born in 2012 with a defective windpipe. It would periodically just collapse, because the cartilage was so soft, and he'd stop breathing. «NPR, Dec 14»
8
University Hospitals Case Medical Center Doctors Reconstruct …
To help her breathe, physicians performed a tracheotomy, a surgically created hole through the front of her neck and into her windpipe (trachea). A “trach tube” ... «Newswise, Sep 14»
9
Placing Donor Windpipe First in Patient's Arm Helps With Transplant
The windpipe, or trachea, is part of the respiratory tract. It allows air to pass from the nose or mouth to the lungs. Damage from accidents and cancer surgery are ... «HealthDay, Apr 14»
10
Doctors remove live leech lodged in girl's windpipe
Ew. Ew. Ew. Doctors recently removed a live five-centimeter leech that was lodged into the windpipe of a seven-year-old girl in Yunnan province whose parents ... «Shanghaiist, Mar 14»

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