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WINDPIPE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi

Synonyms:

trachea; windpipe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

cartilaginous tube (a duct with cartilaginous walls)

Meronyms (parts of "windpipe"):

epiglottis (a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing)

Holonyms ("windpipe" is a part of...):

upper respiratory tract (the nose and throat and trachea)

cervix; neck (the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body)

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 Context examples: 

Having to do with the bronchi, which are the larger air passages of the lungs, including those that lead from the trachea (windpipe) to the lungs and those within the lungs.

(Bronchial, NCI Dictionary)

The bronchi are two tubes that branch off the trachea, or windpipe.

(Bronchial Disorders, NIH)

Remember that he has the strength of twenty men, and that, though our necks or our windpipes are of the common kind—and therefore breakable or crushable—his are not amenable to mere strength.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)