[syn: utterance, vocalization]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vocalization \Vo`cal*i*za"tion\, n.
1. The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized.
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2. The formation and utterance of vocal sounds.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vocalization
n 1: the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by
the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care
of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"
[syn: voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism,
phonation, vox]
2: the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication [syn:
utterance, vocalization]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "vocalization":
articulation, attack, bel canto, bravura, choral singing,
coloratura, croon, crooning, delivery, diction, enunciation,
folk singing, hum, humming, intonation, lyricism, mouth, mouthing,
operatic singing, phonation, pronunciation, scat, scat singing,
singing, sol-fa, sol-fa exercise, solfeggio, solmization, song,
sounding, speaking, speech, tonic sol-fa, utterance, verbalization,
vocal music, voice, voicing, warbling, yodel, yodeling