The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge:
— He stuffed his mouth with candy.

synonyms: oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris.

Roget 343: land covered with water, gulf, gulph^†, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou [U.S.], fiord, armlet; frith^†, firth, ostiary^†, mouth; lagune^†, lagoon; indraught^†; cove, creek; natural harbor; roads; strait; narrows; Euripus; sound, belt, gut, kyles^†; continental slope, continental shelf.    lake, loch, lough^†, mere, tarn, plash, broad, pond, pool, lin^†, puddle, slab, well, artesian well; standing water, dead water, sheet of water; fish pond, mill pond; ditch, dike, dyke, dam; reservoir etc. (store) 636; alberca^†, barachois^†, hog wallow [U.S.].    ... show more

Roget 298: eating etc. v.; deglutition, gulp, epulation^†, mastication, manducation^†, rumination; gluttony etc. 957.    [eating specific foods] hippophagy^†, ichthyophagy^†.    [Eating anatomy:] (appetite) etc. 865; mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard^†, gob [Slang], chops.    drinking etc. v.; potation, draught, libation; carousal etc. (amusement) 840; drunkenness etc. 959.    food, pabulum; aliment, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance, sustentation, sustention; nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; commissariat etc. (provision) 637; prey, forage, pasture, pasturage; fare, cheer; diet, dietary; regimen; belly timber, staff of life; bread, bread and cheese.    comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta; grub, grubstake, prog^†, meat; bread, bread stuffs; cerealia^†; cereals; viands, cates^†, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots; festal board; ambrosia; good cheer, good living.    beef, bisquit^†, bun; cornstarch [U.S.]; cookie, cooky [U.S.]; cracker, doughnut; fatling^†; hardtack, hoecake [U.S.], hominy [U.S.]; mutton, pilot bread; pork; roti^†, rusk, ship biscuit; veal; joint, piece de resistance [Fr.], roast and boiled; remove, entremet^†, releve [Fr.], hash, rechauffe [Fr.], stew, ragout, fricassee, mince; pottage, potage^†, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat^†; pie, pasty, volauvent^†; pudding, omelet; pastry; sweets etc. 296; kickshaws^†; condiment etc. 393.    appetizer, hors d'oeuvre [Fr.].    main course, entree.    alligator pear, apple &c., apple slump; artichoke; ashcake^†, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole^†, avocado, banana, beche de mer [Fr.], barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli^†, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey [U.S.]; chowder, chupatty^†, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty^†, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis^†, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash [U.S.], supawn [U.S.], trepang^†, vanilla, waffle, walnut.    table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote [Fr.], ordinary, entree.    meal, repast, feed, spread; mess; dish, plate, course; regale; regalement^†, refreshment, entertainment; refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket; breakfast; lunch, luncheon; dejeuner [Fr.], bever^†, tiffin^†, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert; potluck, table d'hote [Fr.], dejeuner a la fourchette [Fr.]; hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal; blowout [Slang]; light refreshment; bara^†, chotahazri^†; bara khana^†.    mouthful, bolus, gobbet^†, morsel, sop, sippet^†.    drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup; potion, dram, draught, drench, swill [Slang]; nip, sip, sup, gulp.    wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo^†, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus^†, cup, bishop, wassail; gin etc. (intoxicating liquor) 959; coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer^†; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep [U.S.]; near beer, 3.   2 beer, non-alcoholic beverage.    eating house etc. 189.    [person who eats] diner; hippophage; glutton etc. 957.    ... show more

Roget 66: beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation^†; introduction etc. (precursor) 64; alpha, initial; inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation [Fr.], rising of the curtain; maiden speech; outbreak, onset, brunt; initiative, move, first move; narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge; fresh start, new departure.    origin etc. (cause) 153; source, rise; bud, germ etc. 153; egg, rudiment; genesis, primogenesis^†, birth, nativity, cradle, infancy; start, inception, creation, starting point etc. 293; dawn etc. (morning) 125; evolution.    title-page; head, heading; van etc. (front) 234; caption, fatihah^†.    entrance, entry; inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon^†, door; gate, gateway; postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule; propylaeum^†; skirts, border etc. (edge) 231.    first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight.    rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, alphabet, ABC.    ... show more

Roget 295: egress, exit, issue; emersion, emergence; outbreak, outburst; eruption, proruption^†; emanation; egression; evacuation; exudation, transudation; extravasation [Med.], perspiration, sweating, leakage, percolation, distillation, oozing; gush etc. (water in motion) 348; outpour, outpouring; effluence, effusion; effluxion^†, drain; dribbling etc. v.; defluxion^†; drainage; outcome, output; discharge etc. (excretion) 299.    export, expatriation; emigration, remigration^†; debouch, debouche; emunctory^†; exodus etc. (departure) 293; emigrant.    outlet, vent, spout, tap, sluice, floodgate; pore; vomitory, outgate^†, sally port; way out; mouth, door etc. (opening) 260; path etc. (way) 627; conduit etc. 350; airpipe etc. 351^†.    ... show more

Roget 294: ingress; entrance, entry; introgression; influx, intrusion, inroad, incursion, invasion, irruption; ingression; penetration, interpenetration; illapse^†, import, infiltration; immigration; admission etc. (reception) 296; insinuation etc. (interjacence) 228^†; insertion etc. 300.    inlet; way in; mouth, door, etc. (opening) 260; barway^†; path etc. (way) 627; conduit etc. 350; immigrant.    ... show more

Roget 260: hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel^†; transforation^†; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; eyelet; slot.    opening; aperture, apertness^†; hiation^†, yawning, oscitancy^†, dehiscence, patefaction^†, pandiculation^†; chasm etc. (interval) 198.    embrasure, window, casement; abatjour^†; light; sky light, fan light; lattice; bay window, bow window; oriel [Arch.]; dormer, lantern.    outlet, inlet; vent, vomitory; embouchure; orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand^†, wizen, nozzle; placket.    portal, porch, gate, ostiary^†, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door; arcade; cellarway^†, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway; lich gate^†.    way, path etc. 627; thoroughfare; channel; passage, passageway; tube, pipe; water pipe etc. 350; air pipe etc. 351; vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula; adjutage^†, ajutage^†; ostium^†; smokestack; chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main; mine, pit, adit^†, shaft; gallery.    alley, aisle, glade, vista.    bore, caliber; pore; blind orifice; fulgurite^†, thundertube^†.    porousness, porosity.    sieve, cullender^†, colander; cribble^†, riddle, screen; honeycomb.    apertion^†, perforation; piercing etc. v.; terebration^†, empalement^†, pertusion^†, puncture, acupuncture, penetration.    key etc. 631, opener, master key, password, combination, passe-partout.    ... show more

Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory.    compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, recess, nook; crypt, stall, pigeonhole, cove, oriel; cave etc. (concavity) 252.    capsule, vesicle, cyst, pod, calyx, cancelli, utricle, bladder; pericarp, udder.    stomach, paunch, venter, ventricle, crop, craw, maw, gizzard, breadbasket; mouth.    pocket, pouch, fob, sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase, scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule, budget, net; ditty bag, ditty box; housewife, hussif; saddlebags; portfolio; quiver etc. (magazine) 636.    chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary; trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise; grip, grip sack [U.S.]; skippet, vasculum; boot, imperial; vache; cage, manger, rack.    vessel, vase, bushel, barrel; canister, jar; pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund^†, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil; brazier; cuspidor, spittoon.    [For liquids] cistern etc. (store) 636; vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet^†, tureen.    [laboratory vessels for liquids] beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube.    bail, beaker, billy, canakin; catch basin, catch drain; chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner [U.S.], spider, terrine, toby, urceus.    plate, platter, dish, trencher, calabash, porringer, potager, saucer, pan, crucible; glassware, tableware; vitrics.    compote, gravy boat, creamer, sugar bowl, butter dish, mug, pitcher, punch bowl, chafing dish.    shovel, trowel, spoon, spatula, ladle, dipper, tablespoon, watch glass, thimble.    closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire^†, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury; escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine.    chamber, apartment, room, cabin; office, court, hall, atrium; suite of rooms, apartment [U.S.], flat, story; saloon, salon, parlor; by-room, cubicle; presence chamber; sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room; gallery, cabinet, closet; pew, box; boudoir; adytum, sanctum; bedroom, dormitory; refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger; nursery, schoolroom; library, study; studio; billiard room, smoking room; den; stateroom, tablinum, tenement.    [room for defecation and urination] bath room, bathroom, toilet, lavatory, powder room; john, jakes, necessary, loo; [in public places] men's room, ladies' room, rest room; [fixtures] (uncleanness). 653 attic, loft, garret, cockloft, clerestory; cellar, vault, hold, cockpit; cubbyhole; cook house; entre-sol; mezzanine floor; ground floor, rez-de-chaussee; basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices; storeroom etc. (depository) 636; lumber room; dairy, laundry.    coach house; garage; hangar; outhouse; penthouse; lean-to.    portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck; lobby, court, courtyard, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway; ante room, ante chamber; lounge; piazza, veranda.    conservatory, greenhouse, bower, arbor, summerhouse, alcove, grotto, hermitage.    lodging etc. (abode) 189; bed etc. (support) 215; carriage etc. (vehicle) 272.    ... show more

Dutch: riviermond, monding, muil, mond
Polish: jama ustna

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

Dutch: snufferd, snotkoker, reukorgaan, neus, muil
Polish: buzia, pysio, usta

An opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge).

Dutch: trechtermond

The point where a stream issues into a larger body of water.

Dutch: mond, monding, muide, riviermond, riviermonding, uitloop, uitmonding
Polish: ujście rzeki, ujście

A person conceived as a consumer of food.

Polish: gęba

A spokesperson (as a lawyer).

synonym: mouthpiece.

Dutch: woordvoerder
Polish: tuba

An impudent or insolent rejoinder.

synonyms: back talk, backtalk, lip, sass, sassing.

Roget 231: edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth; jaws, chops, chaps, fauces; lip, muzzle.    threshold, door, porch; portal etc. (opening) 260; coast, shore.    frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp.    ... show more

Dutch: tegenspraak

The opening of a jar or bottle.

Express in speech.

synonyms: speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize.

Roget 583: stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer; balbutiate^†, balbucinate^†, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together.    mumble, mutter; maud^†, mauder^†; whisper etc. 405; mince, lisp; jabber, gibber; sputter, splutter; muffle, mump^†; drawl, mouth; croak; speak thick, speak through the nose; snuffle, clip one's words; murder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English; mispronounce, missay^†.    ... show more

Roget 580: utter, breathe; give utterance, give tongue; cry etc. (shout) 411; ejaculate, rap out; vocalize, prolate^†, articulate, enunciate, pronounce, accentuate, aspirate, deliver, mouth; whisper in the ear.    ... show more

Articulate silently; form words with the lips only.

Touch with the mouth.