mouth breathing
mouth breathing · mouth breathings
Long-term breathing through the mouth, often caused by an obstruction to breathing…Long-term breathing through the mouth, often caused by an obstruction to breathing through the nose.
/ˈmaʊθ ˌbɹiːðɪŋ/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Long-term breathing through the mouth, often caused by an obstruction to breathing through the nose.
(countable, uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: breathing through the mouth.
Translations
1 languagesForms
plural: mouth breathings| Singular | mouth breathing |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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