Meaning

4 senses
  1. The trachea.

    Trachea, Luftröhre

    трахе́яtraxéja, дыха́тельное го́рлоdyxátelʹnoje górlo

    трахе́яtraxéja, диха́льне го́рлоdyxálʹne hórlo

  2. Any duct for air or other gas.

  3. (rare)A section of road or bridleway which has a reputation for having strong crosswinds or localized wind swirls.

  4. (UK, rare, slang)The anus.

More definitions
  • membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi

Examples

4 sentences
  1. A grape went down my windpipe.

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  2. I had a feather stuck in my windpipe.

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  3. If you talk while eating, food may go down your windpipe instead of your esophagus.

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  4. The respirators required a doctor and several assistants to place a tube down a patient's windpipe.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From wind + pipe. First attested in the 1520s.

From wind + pipe. First attested in the 1520s.

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Forms

plural: windpipes
Singularwindpipe
Pluralwindpipes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi:trachea

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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