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windpipe

  • noun
  • /ˈwɪndpaɪp/

Any duct for air or other gas.

Other meanings

  1. A section of road or bridleway which has a reputation for having strong crosswinds or localized wind swirls.

Synonyms

  • trachea

A kind of

  • cartilaginous tube

Example sentences

  • “I had a feather stuck in my windpipe.”

    Tatoeba · helloroto · CC0

  • “A grape went down my windpipe.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “windpipe” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.