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Webster 1913 Edition


Windpipe

Wind′pipeˊ

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Noun.
(Anat.)
The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under
Lung
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Windpipe

WINDPIPE

,
Noun.
[wind and pipe.] The passage for the breath to and from the lungs; the trachea.

Definition 2024


windpipe

windpipe

English

Noun

windpipe (plural windpipes)

  1. The trachea.
  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. (rare, Britain, slang) The anus.

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